L'' Ibu believed to reduce the targets at 40 and 110 mm. Peter Dokl: "We did a test in Pokljuka"

'' There is nothing official yet, but in the environment'' biathlon began circulating the rumor that the'' Ibu would be thinking of reducing the size of the targets. The latest news suggest that this sensational hypothesis is already in an advanced stage of study.

Tuesday 1 April 2014 4 minutes reading time

In fact, it is already done with at least one test targets unpublished 40 mm to 110 mm in the ground and then standing with a reduction in the diameter of 5 mm for both. As reported by Giancarlo Cattoni, a member of Frassinoro Biathlon Friends, the test was carried out in Pokljuka, on the morning of March 4, in the morning by several athletes from the Slovenian team. A few days ago we asked about Peter Dokl, who confirmed everything: It is true that you have done a workout with smaller targets than normal? "Yes, it happened two days before the start of the'' stage the World Cup." How is the test done? "Our head coach asked us if we were willing to carry out a particular workout, saying that'' Ibu asked him to test the adapters that are mounted in front of the targets, it reduced the diameter of 5 mm. We said yes and we fired 20 shots on the ground and many standing under stress. " There seemed a strange request? "Yes, but we have not given much weight to'' start" Then something changed? "In Kontiolahti talking about this and that we discovered that we were not the only ones to have done something like this, other nations had been shot with small targets." You have been asked not to talk about it? "No, we were not told anything! As if it were a thing of no importance.'' The technical delegate of Ibu present in Pokljuka has collected data on the accuracy and nothing else." What were the results of the test? "In our team we have noticed how the precision compared to workouts is decreased by 12-15% and 8-10% ground up. Speaking with NAD (Norcev, technical shot Slovenian ed) has come to the conclusion that after a period of adjustment accuracy will improve, but believes that it may fall by 10% and 5% on the ground standing than at present. " What is your opinion? 'I do not really. Honestly do not know what beneifici may lead to reduce the size of the targets. " In fact, the hypothesis'' to reduce the size of the targets was launched several years ago and was started from the Ukrainian Federation. '' It was in the year 2009, and Miriam Gossner

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