Matvey Eliseev replaces Alexey Volkov in the first of two stages of Ruhpolding

After announcing the selected for the stages of the World Cup in January just after Christmas, today the Russian Federation biathlon changed the cards on the table with the new squad.

Thursday 7 January 2016 4 minutes reading time

In truth agrave ;, & c '' & egrave; a single change. Matvey take Eliseev & agrave; the place of Alexey Volkov in the first of two stages of Ruhpolding. These words dell''head coach Aleksander Kaspiarovich "The women's team is & egrave; coached at Pokljuka, the athletes are doing well. Of course must begin to show this also in the race. But men were prepared in Hochfilzen, each in a personalized way. All are healthy. At the beginning of the season I said that one of the objectives was to work gi & agrave; in the Olympic Games of 2018. In this sense, we need to see the greatest possible number of young athletes. That's why & eacute; we decided to bring Matvey Eliseev in the first of two stages of Ruhpolding. Currently leads the overall standings thanks to Ibu Cup un''ottima speed & agrave; skiing and one shot rather stabilre. Â In the fourth stage of the World Cup c '' & egrave; a sprint, & egrave; the race to him more & ugrave; congenial. After which & egrave; torner & agrave; in Ibu Cup from next week. In the future we want to see more young people in the World Cup to give them the 'opportunity & agrave; to have a basis for comparison with the top athletes. Over the weekend Mancher & agrave; Alexei Volkov. In biathlon he is starting to be a specialization, in the sense that we have more athletes & ugrave; brought to sprint and others who express themselves better in the individual or in relay events. Alexey belongs to the second group, then garegger & agrave; Ruhpolding next week. Now & egrave; to train in Hochfilzen. Ivan Tcherezov and Anastasia Zagoruiko will get '& agrave stand as a candidate; for the World Cup through the 'Ibu Cup at the weekend, after which & eacute; It will join the team from Monday & Igrave; 11. We intend to deploy in Ruhpolding next week. " Thus the "new" squad for Ruhpolding are as follows: MASCHILEELISEEV Matvey (1993) GARANICHEV Evgeniy (1988) Malyshko Dmitry (1987) Anton Shipulin (1987) SLEPOV Alexey (1986) Maxim Tsvetkov (1992) FEMMINILEAKIMOVA Tatiana (1990) PODCHUFAROVA Olga (1992) Shumilova Ekaterina (1986) VIROLAYNEN Daria (1989) Yurlova Ekaterina (1985)

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