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The judge explained why the men’s mass start at the Commonwealth Cup stage was not postponed
The chief judge of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup stage in Khanty-Mansiysk, Vladislav Zaikin, said on Match TV that the jury took into account several factors and decided to hold the men’s mass start, despite the low temperature.
The race takes place on Friday. Due to frost, the organizers moved the mixed relay from Sunday to Saturday, and initially both mass starts were planned for Saturday, but they were postponed to Friday.
— The temperature is below the permissible limit in the regulations. We know that competitions are not held at temperatures below minus 20. But there will be a men’s mass start.
– Not quite like that. The jury may decide to hold the competition at a lower temperature, which is what we did.
– What are the arguments?
— We took into account temperature, time and humidity. Quite comfortable. The girls ran through, everything was fine with them. And men, even more so, must endure. I am confident that the biathletes will reach the finish line. We did everything for this,” Zaikin said on Match TV.
Watch the live broadcast of the race at this very moment on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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