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“Better to have a sparrow in your pocket than a moose in a forest or, as they say,” laughed Strolia, admitting that the goals in this European championship were much higher.
In the sprint competition held on Friday, the Lithuanian team leader made a mistake twice, once at both shooting ranges. Anykštėnas spun the same number of penalty wheels in the chase race, which has twice the number of shooting stages (shot 0 + 1 + 0 + 1).
If our team had managed to hit all targets at the last shooting range, the decisive round would have started in the third round.
“I would consider the beginning to be successful. I can’t judge very well because the goals were much higher: the top ten were the minimum goal. Today I tried not to think about the competition because yesterday I burned a little. There were too many unnecessary thoughts and that hindered them, said V. Strolia. – And today it was possible to fight for the medal if he had hit all the shots at the last shooting range. Of course, it is not clear how the last round would have turned out and you cannot guess. But when you go to the exit, you always hope for the best and fight for the highest places. “
At the continental championship held in Riaubichi (Belarus) last year, Anykščiai did not win a bareback medal, taking fourth place. According to the biathlete, the thoughts of that start made the bear serve in the sprint match.
“That championship showed that you can fight for certain places and then you start thinking about that nonsense. The goal in such competitions is a medal all the time. We still have to learn to deal with those thoughts, ”taught V. Strolia.
The Lithuanian started the chase match with 1 min. 2 seconds. deficit. Ukrainian Artyom Pryma became the champion of this match: V. Strolia lost 45.6 seconds after sliding and shooting accurately. Silver was won in 6.6 seconds. the Czech backed Michal Krčmar, bronze – 12.5 sec. then finished by the Norwegian Haavard Gutuboe Bogetveit.
Another Lithuanian Linas Banys, who started in pursuit, finished 44th (0 + 1 + 0 + 0). Tomas Kaukėnas, Karolis Dombrovskis and Natalija Kočergina, who were supposed to participate in the women’s chase competition, missed this competition while preparing for Sunday’s mixed relay race.
“It just came to our notice then. I can’t say it’s very good, but I don’t feel bad. The start is tomorrow, followed by the last camp before the World Cup. I hope we do the last shots to improve things even more. I think that everything will be fine, ”said V. Strolia.
The Biathlon World Championships will take place from February 10 to 21 in Pokliuka (Slovenia).
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