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Svetlana Sleptsova, the former flagship of the Russian biathlon now fallen on hard times, he spoke of his own future in the summer and un''intervista granted to Russia 2 television channel.
Friday 3 October 2014 2 minutes reading time
The twenty-eight of Khanty-Mansiysk, a member of the Russian relay team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic winner dell''oro and able to achieve 16 podiums (with 5 wins) in the World Cup, saw its yield fall down & agrave; From 2010 to then enter into a profound crisis of results after a knee injury suffered in 2012.
Just the 'impossibility & agrave; to express themselves properly pushed that in his youth & ugrave; & Egrave; was the best friend Darya Domracheva sull''orlo of withdrawal: "In the spring, during the holidays I often had the 'idea of ​​quitting, above all once I thought about it seriously.
To & ograve; I eventually decided not to leave the sport and I set a goal to achieve, but it will reveal & ograve; Now why & eacute; & Egrave; too soon. "& nbsp;
So Sleptsova, still very popular among fans despite the poor results in recent years, & nbsp; continues.
Chiss & agrave; whether a state may allow acceptable form of "SexY" (his nickname set within the Russian team) to return to the World Cup whereas competition is expected to decline for the safe & nbsp; absence of Olga Vilukhina and 'uncertain future Olga Zaitseva.
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