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New World Cup Season starts in less than three weeks and the & ldquo; Biathlon Queen & rdquo; Darya Domracheva gave us an interview in cui she talks about her relationship with her new coach Alfred Eder, what she & rsquo; s doing in order to Improve in the upcoming winter, how Minsk & rsquo; s biathlon center can be a worldwide opportunity for the new growth of the sport and about a very ambitious goal for the future.
Thursday 13 November 2014 14 minutes reading time
Are you satisfied about your summer training? Are you at peace with the working schedule, or did you have some kind of problems / little injuries? "Fortunately the whole summer training went accordingly to plans. Some short changed colds few days of my training, but it is not a problem, just few days more for recovering from trainings."
Let & rsquo; s talk about the big change Happened on the staff. After 6 years you & rsquo; re not working with Klaus Siebert anymore and & nbsp; Alfred Eder is the new Belarusian coach. What can you tell us about this change? "We had six good years with Klaus, the whole team is very thankful to him for giving us His Time and for the passion he put to work with us. But sometimes life Gives unexpected situations, Klaus supported us During All These Years and now he needs our support blackberries than ever. It was nice from Alfred to accept our invitation, so we will try to keep a straight face During the season for him, for Klaus, for Andrian, for Fyodor & hellip; well, for all our coaches! We are having well-organized trainings with Alfred, His training plan is not so much different from Klaus & rsquo; s program, but there are few different new things for us. I can say That All training-process is going quite well and anche That We understand each other. & rdquo ;.
Andrian said Empty Tsybulski That Has Been Alfred hired in order to give you more stability in your shooting performance. So can you tell us how this stability Should be Reached? & Ldquo; The system is not so different, but we changed some small things Which could be important. For example we did some little changes in my preparation on the mat and on my stock. & Nbsp; We & rsquo; re going to see it soon if they works! & Rdquo;
Andrian said Empty Tsybulski anche it & rsquo; s no mystery you & rsquo; re aiming for the big Crystal Globe in the upcoming winter. & Nbsp; You were very close to win it in two of the last three seasons. In your opinion is there something specific you lacked in order to win it or simply thing went in the wrong way for you and it & rsquo; s just a matter of time? & Nbsp; & Ldquo; For sure in the last season there were some situations That affected my overall standings. For example the pursuit stopped in & Öland; stersund where I was leading, and the repute AWARDED were no points for the Olympic races. But I would like to look forward, what is Already Happened in the Past history and a part of my biography, I know it & rsquo; s better to keep it for a book! Now it & rsquo; s time to open a new page of my life-book: New season, new story! & Rdquo;
Let & rsquo; s go beyond sport. Already you were a star, but in February you Became the first-ever sportswoman & nbsp; AWARDED to be & ldquo; & rdquo ;. Hero of Belarus So do you feel your popularity increased At & nbsp; after the 3 gold medals in Sochi & nbsp; (In Belarus, but anche abroad)? Did your life somehow changed since February? And if yes did you have to struggle to adapt to this & ldquo; New status & rdquo;? & Nbsp; & Ldquo; Yes, of course after my 3 Olympic gold medals increased At Both my popularity in my country and abroad. The number of fan posts I & rsquo; ve got after the three wins was incredible and I feel blackberries attention from people around me. I can & rsquo; t Say That status of Hero of Belarus changed my life, I & rsquo; m still doing my sport, but I started feeling a lacking of time. Now I understand That I Should blackberries pay attention to my schedule and make strict plans in order to avoid different experiences to Affect my athlete status. Now I participate on in some very interesting projects and events, for example I Became of UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. Surely blackberries and more people or companies would like to see me in Their events, but my sport-lifestyle, with a lot of practice and training-camps, Secures me from too-big pressure from other sides & rdquo;. & Nbsp;
You & rsquo; re always in the front line if we talk about charity and You Showed it to Italian people in April when you finish supported Focolaccia ski club and association YRA humanitarian help to the children who still suffer the important consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Gomel region. Recently you picked up the fundraising to help Tatjana Miskevych (& # 1058; & # 1072; & # 1090; & # 1100; & # 1103; & # 1085; & # 1072; & # 1052; & # 1080; & # 1094 ; & # 1082; & # 1077; & # 1074; & # 1080; & # 1095;). Can you explain to Italian fans what & rsquo; s happening to this girl? & Nbsp; & Ldquo; It is a story about a Russian woman, former cross-country skiers and biathletes, now mother of two nice kids. Some time ago she discovered to have skin cancer, I know she & rsquo; s going through therapy and rehabilitation. We are hopeful That everything will be good with Tatjana and That she will overcome this situation. More information and Tatjana & rsquo; s can be found on my Facebook page. & Nbsp;
Let & rsquo; s go back to the sport. In February the Junior World Championships are going to be held in Raubichi and I saw That Has Been build a new complex in Minsk, near the Russian border. I know my impressions Is that Belarus is investing in biathlon. Do you think in the World Cup Stage in Belarus is just a dream, or maybe it could become real? & Nbsp; & Ldquo; I think we have a big chance to get to the World Cup Stage in Minsk. There are some very serious Reasons for it besides the high investment from our country. First of all there are new rules about Schengen-Visas. Now athletes from No-Schengen countries can & rsquo; t stay blackberries than 90 days in the Schengen zone every 6 months. This means-athletes from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, China, Korea, and other countries & ndash; in other words a lot of the top-level biathletes - can not adjust together the full preparation and participation in all world cups stages. We need to pay attention to These situations if we want to really becoming biathlon strong world-wide sport. It would be good for the biathlon-developing to make half of the competitions inside the Schengen-zone and the other half outside it, in countries where biathlon popularity is very high. & Nbsp; Raubichi could be a perfect solution for this situation, and I & rsquo ; m not saying this only because i & rsquo; m from there, but from anche and & nbsp; objectively point of view. Raubichi is a very attractive place Because of Its geographic location in the middle of Europe (Europe & rsquo; s geographical center is in Belarus), I know it & rsquo; s convenient to reach it from all countries and by any kind of transports. It & rsquo; s near a city of 2 million people like Minsk, it is 30-minutes from the airport and 40-minutes from the train station, & nbsp; It has amazing Infrastructures and biathlon & rsquo; s popularity in Belarus is very high. For example Raubichi held in 2003 European Championships, and there were blackberries than 50,000 viewers. & Nbsp; I know I & rsquo; m really hopeful and I believe That biathlon World Cup can arrive in Minsk & rdquo;. & Nbsp;
You & rsquo; re probably the faster biathletes on skis. Miriam G & ouml; ssner and Kaisa M & auml; k & auml; r & auml; inen Already tried to compete anche in cross-country skiing. What about you? Did you ever Consider this option for the upcoming years? & Nbsp; & Ldquo; It could be. It would be interesting for me to try myself in cross-country skiing Because I Began my career in it before turning to biathlon. Maybe you are going to meet me soon at one cross-country race, it depends on my training program. But I must say That I love biathlon much more and it is my real passion & rdquo ;.
You & rsquo; re 28 and you & rsquo; re Already Among the 7 greatest biathletes of all-times but let & rsquo; s look further. You won 19 races and Magdalena Forsberg, the most ever winning, Has 42 victories. Could overtake Forsberg and becoming the most winning biathlete ever be a long-term goal for you? & Ldquo; Ha-ha! Why not? Maybe it would be a not so & lsquo; long-term & rsquo; goal! & rdquo ;.
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