RBC Sport: Biathlete claims resentment towards Vyalba motivated her to win ski silver for Chechen Republic

The biathlete said that she took the silver of the skiing Czech Republic because of an insult to Vyalba

Elena Vyalbe criticized biathlete Ekaterina Noskova the day before for her performance at the Russian ski championship. The athlete said that the words of Vyalba helped her show the result in the next race

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Russian biathlete Ekaterina Noskova said “RIA Novosti”that she felt offended after criticism of her performance at the Russian Ski Racing Championship by the head of the Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe.

Vyalba the day before saidthat Noskova and another biathlete, Elizaveta Kaplina, did not like her “in terms of movements” in the 10 km race with a separate start, and their gap from the winner was large. On March 22, Noskova, paired with Alena Perevozchikova, won silver in the team sprint.

“Of course it was a little embarrassing. Probably her [Вяльбе] yesterday’s words motivated me a little today. And in general, in general, my yesterday’s result is not what I expected. Today I was maximally collected, charged and showed what I am capable of, ”said Noskova.

Vyalbe on it said “Match TV”, which is happy with the success of Noskova.

“It’s super, I’m very happy, to be honest! I thought that since they compete with a rifle, it means that they should have ease in a pure ski race, since there is no rifle behind them. He [биатлонист] should fly without a rifle, but it turns out not, now I know that too. Maybe they haven’t competed for a long time, that’s important too. Yesterday Noskova breathed, but today she performed differently. Today, she actually flew her first two laps at all, ”said the head of the FLGR.