Russian Biathlon Star Alexander Loginov Refuses to Join National Team Training

The leading biathlete of Russia refused to come to the national team for training

Alexander Loginov told the Russian Biathlon Union that he would prepare for the new season on his own

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Leading Russian biathlete Alexander Loginov was not included in the national team training groups for the 2023/24 season.

According to the vice-president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Pavel Rostovtsev, the world champion and two-time Olympic medalist refused to train as part of the team. “On May 5, Loginov told us that he would prepare for the season on his own,” Rostovtsev was quoted as saying. TASS.

Also, the 2017 world relay champion Anton Babikov is not included in the squad. “Anton Babikov and I talked on May 12,” Rostovtsev said. “According to the approved criteria for the formation of the team, Babikov did not get into the team for centralized training.”

The composition of the groups for the preparation of the Russian national team for the season 2023/24

Yuri Kaminsky Group: Eduard Latypov (Republic of Bashkortostan), Roman Eremin (Novosibirsk Region), Denis Irodov (Novosibirsk Region – Altai Territory), Ilnaz Mukhamedzyanov, Alexander Kornev (both – Udmurt Republic), Evgeny Emerkhonov (Republic of Tatarstan) and Larisa Kuklina ( Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).

Sergey Bashkirov’s group: Alexander Povarnitsyn (Tyumen region), Vasily Tomshin (St. Petersburg), Kirill Bazhin (Sverdlovsk region), Ivan Kolotov (Perm region), Maxim Tsvetkov (St. Petersburg – Vologda region), Oleg Domichek (Novosibirsk region – Altai region).

Artem Istomin’s group: Daniil Serokhvostov (Novosibirsk region – Altai Territory), Karim Khalili (Moscow), Ekaterina Noskova, Elizaveta Kaplina, Ksenia Dovgaya, Alina Kudisova (all – KhMAO-Yugra), Anastasia Goreeva (Moscow region), Natalia Gerbulova (Krasnoyarsk Territory), Anastasia Zyryanova (Perm Territory), Anastasia Grishina (Altai Territory – Novosibirsk Region).

Mikhail Shashilov’s group: Irina Kazakevich, Tamara Derbusheva, Anastasia Shevchenko, Natalia Shevchenko (all from the Sverdlovsk Region), Anastasia Batmanova (Sakhalin Region), Yulia Scheller (Krasnoyarsk Territory), Kira Dyuzheva (Novosibirsk Region), Anna Grukhvina (Tyumen Region).