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Biathlete Burundukova talks about the mass start at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen: “Fourth place is already a breakthrough, so thanks to everyone”
Biathlete Elizaveta Burundukova said on Match TV that two misses prevented her from fighting to get into the top three in the mass start at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup, which is taking place in Tyumen.
The mass start took place on Sunday. Kristina Reztsova won, she ran 12 km in 34 minutes 58.2 seconds, making two mistakes at the shooting range. Second place went to Anastasia Grishina (+13 seconds, 0 misses), third place went to Victoria Meteli (+ 21.7 seconds, 1 miss).
Burundukova made two penalties and finished 30.4 seconds back.
“I’m very glad that I was accurate on the shooting range 15 times, but on the last one my legs began to shake, I became nervous and two unfortunate misses did not allow me to fight for the top three, but fourth place is already a breakthrough, so thanks to everyone,” said Burundukova.
Later on Sunday, the men’s mass start will take place in Tyumen. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 11:50 on the Match TV channels, and the broadcast will also be available on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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