The latest from Russia. Changes in views among women for Le Grand Bornand

Viktor Maigourov, vice-president of the Russian Biathlon federation, has made some very interesting statements about the future of the teams.

Monday 2 December 2013 2 minutes reading time

'' The former biathlete, now a director, explained how in Hochfilzen should be employed only 6 men and 6 women in front of the 8 man squad for sex. The decision will be made on Tuesday and will move to the excluded Obertilliach for a training camp with athletes recently committed Ibu Cup Maigourov announced also likely to Annecy-Le Grand Bornand there should be changes, particularly in the women's field, which in all likelihood will be the match Svetlana Sleptsova, Valentina Nazarova and Olga Podchufarova recently all winners of competitions at the cadet level. Just in the women there are a couple of girls who are doing the math with physical problems. Olga and Ekaterina Vilukhina Glazyrina, both defined as "indispensable" in the same optical Olympic Maigourov. Looking later in the season the forty-four winner of eight races in the World Cup has explained how three women and a man have already met the criteria to earn the automatic stay in the team'' even in the stages of January. It is Evgeny Ustugov, Olga Zaitseva, Ekaterina Iourieva and Irina Starykh.

Francesco Paone

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