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The Russian biathlon team completed its performances in individual disciplines on Saturday, and there is only one race ahead, the mixed relay. No one made it into the men’s mass start, and for other relay races we simply don’t have enough people. And the women's mass start sounded like a parable: two Russians took first and last places there.

A person with a reputation as a supposed sniper, she missed one of the milestones five times and finished the race 30th out of 30 participants. And she won. The trouble, however, is that all three golds (and a bunch of other medals) of Anton Shipulin’s sister at three (!) Olympics went not to Russia, but to Slovakia.

Now we can no longer find traces of who at one time did not keep young Kuzmina and gave the super-athlete to a foreign, and even not biathlon, state. It would be nice to “deal with and shoot” people who have shown blatant lack of insight and unprofessionalism (c) - but as always, the dock is empty, or rather, Mrs. Collective Irresponsibility is sitting there.

Here's what Kuzmina herself said in one of her old interviews:

“I think that in Russia I would not have been able to achieve a medal. After the birth of a child and a family, it was difficult for me, at that time not yet the number one of the national team and not an Olympic champion, to return. I did not feel support. For six months we were looking for someone to help, but in the end, being very disappointed, we went to another country.”

That's how it is, guys. Kuzmina did not have any patrons in the regions or among venerable specialists, they did not push her, they did not believe in her talent - or maybe they deliberately turned a blind eye to it as a result of, frankly, corruption schemes, the desire to make money on completely different athletes. And she just left. In my opinion, there is a real malfeasance on the part of those who were responsible for the present and future of Russian biathlon. And instead of a top biathlete, we got a team of mediocrity.

And Kuzmina’s words: “In Russia I could not achieve a medal” are another verdict on Russian biathlon. They make you think: how many new Kuzmins, how many Russian Fourcades have we quietly lost.

Some will say that there is no demand for Tatyana Akimova, one of two Russian biathletes at the 2018 Games. But in my opinion, there is - she was preparing for the Olympics, she came and shows exactly what she is capable of. But it turns out she’s not capable of almost anything. Although about a year ago, when Akimova performed successfully at the World Cup stages, it was she who was considered by many to be the leader and hope of the women’s team. Yes, her teammates were not invited to the Games - however, biathlon is first and foremost an individual sport, and no one stopped Akimova from fighting the same way as skiers do, also deprived of a whole group of stars.

The Great One may well be biased (her daughter competes on the biathlon team), but it’s hard to argue with her statement about Akimova. Tatyana, according to Reztsova, does not want to work on increasing her speed and is simply ruining her own chances. The time of snipers in biathlon has passed: the speed of the legs and skis decides, and we see that even with a zero, Akimova barely gets into the top twenty in the sprint... And as they say, even here at the Olympics there are enough problems with the athlete’s behavior: let’s say, she demands special conditions for herself and procedures without which he “can’t cope.” Apparently, the procedures still did not help.

However, who knows. If Akimov had moved to Slovakia, Slovenia or Bulgaria a couple of years ago, perhaps the multiple Olympic champion would have stood in front of us, shooting without misses and soaring over the ski track. And the Russian Nastya Kuzmina at this moment would sadly end her career somewhere at the IBU Cup, quietly regretting that she did not leave her homeland in her youth.

Name: Tatyana Akimova

Age: 28 years

Height: 168

Activity: Russian biathlete

Family status: Married

Tatyana Akimova: biography

Tatyana Akimova is a Russian biathlete. Winner and medalist of the World Cup, bronze medalist of the Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen in the mixed relay and winner of the IBU Awards in the “Rookie of the Year” category for the 2015-2016 season.

Tatyana Semyonova, better known to biathlon fans as Akimova, was born in the urban village of Novye Lapsary, which is part of the city of Cheboksary.

The girl was no different from her peers: she did well at school, loved to read and meet with friends. She was also interested in sports. I chose skis for myself. I started using them in early childhood. But pretty soon sport came first in her life. All free time was devoted to him without reserve.

Tatyana Akimova watched with pleasure and admiration the successes of Russian and foreign athletes. When they won the Olympics, I rejoiced with them and most of all dreamed of being in their place.

When Akimova was offered to take up biathlon, she gladly switched from one sport to another, which included the same favorite skiing from childhood plus shooting. The athlete’s persistence and determination, complemented by considerable hard work, soon yielded excellent results.

Biathlon

Behind the Chuvash biathlete is a youth sports school named after her in her native Cheboksary. This is where the sports biography of Tatyana Akimova started. Her personal trainer has been Anatoly Akimov (who recently became the athlete’s father-in-law) for more than ten years. He invested a lot of effort and aspirations in a promising girl. It happened that I even purchased equipment and ammunition at my own expense.

The athlete was first a member of the junior and youth national teams of Russia. But soon she was included in the country’s reserve team. In 2011, Tanya competed at the World Junior Championships and the European Championships.

The biathlete managed to achieve her first significant victory in 2011: she became the silver medalist of the Russian Summer Biathlon Championship. This success allowed her to take part in the World Summer Biathlon Championships. A miracle did not happen here, and the athlete from Chuvashia was unable to win medals.

But in 2013, Tatyana Akimova managed to shine at the Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. She became the winner in the relay race and a medalist in individual races.

Unfortunately, 2014 did not bring the biathlete a breakthrough: she took part in the World Summer Biathlon Championships, which was held in Tyumen, but performed unsuccessfully. The athlete took 23rd place in the sprint, and only 25th in the pursuit.

But at the very end of 2014, the biathlete managed to show her best side at the Izhevsk Rifle. She managed to mobilize all her strength and take 3rd place in the individual race and 5th in the sprint.

These victories helped Tatyana Akimova get into the Russian national team for the World Cup, but due to the lack of IBU qualifying points, she was unable to compete. Therefore, the girl was sent to the IBU Cup stages.

In December 2015, the athlete from Cheboksary made her debut at the World Cup in Östersund. In the sprint competition, she started at number 100. Unfortunately, here Tanya faced defeat: in her debut race she took only 83rd place, and came last to the finish line.

The long-awaited breakthrough and triumph came to the biathlete in 2016. And it is doubly pleasant because even Tatyana herself did not expect it.

It seemed that nothing foreshadowed such a resounding success. In Canmore, the girl finished only 23rd. In Presque Isle - 19th. She performed much better at the March World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, finishing 12th.

An unexpected victory awaited Akimova in the Czech Republic. Here, on December 16, at the World Cup in Nove Mesto, Tanya won her first and so far main victory in the sprint.

The biathlete of the Russian team, commenting on her victory, happily shared that today everything worked out for her. For the first time in her sports career, the 26-year-old athlete managed to enter the top ten, beating her opponent. This victory turned out to be very important for the Russian team.

Personal life

The Chuvash beauty is married. Her husband was Vyacheslav Akimov, the son of her coach. Vyacheslav is the 2011 European champion among juniors. A new sports family appeared in June 2015.

The personal life of Tatyana Akimova was happy. In a family where spouses do the same thing, there is complete mutual understanding. In her free time from sports, Tanya goes with her husband on his beloved fishing. But she also has her own hobbies - reading fiction and learning English.

The girl is also studying at the Polytechnic Institute, where she will receive a degree in management.

Tatyana Akimova also maintains an official account in “ Instagram", where she posts both professional photos from magazine photo shoots and selfies from sports training camps and competitions. One and a half thousand people have subscribed to the athlete’s page.

Tatyana Akimova now

On February 9, 2017, at the Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, Tatyana Akimova, as part of the Russian team, won bronze in the mixed relay.

Today the athlete is preparing for the Winter Olympic Games, which will be held in 2018 in the city of Pyeongchang (Korea).

In November 2017, REGNUM published information received from the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Chuvashia. According to this message, biathlete Tatyana Akimova, as well as freestylers Lana Prusakova and Dmitry Mulendeev have a chance to join the national team.

Tatyana Akimova is a candidate for the main team of the Olympic team. The biathlete is already on the list of athletes-candidates for the 2018 Olympic team approved by the Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee. Such athletes are “employed at the Republican Sports Training Center named after A. Ignatiev,” receive a monthly stipend and train in accordance with individual plans.

The biathlete admitted to the press that she is trying not to think that Russia may not be allowed to participate in the Olympic Games against the backdrop of permanent events. Today, doping officers regularly visit athletes, but the biathlete has no problems in this regard.

Tatyana Akimova said in an interview that she stopped reading the press because she was tired of negativity and news that didn’t even look real. Tatyana even learned about the accusation from the World Anti-Doping Agency against the two-time Olympic champion through word of mouth.

Tatyana also participates in the first stage of the Biathlon World Cup in order to gain the necessary rating points. The first stage of the Cup started on Sunday, November 26, in Ostersund, Sweden.

Awards

• 2013 – bronze medalist of the Universiade in the 7.5 km sprint
• 2013 – bronze medalist at the Universiade in the 10 km pursuit
• 2013 – winner of the Universiade in mixed relay
• 2015 - winner of the IBU Awards in the “Rookie of the Year” category for the 2015/2016 season.
• 2016 – World Cup sprint winner
• 2016 – World Cup bronze medalist in pursuit
• 2017 – bronze medalist at the World Championships in mixed relay
• 2017 – winner of the Military World Games in the 7.5 km team race
• 2017 – bronze medalist of the Military World Games in the 7.5 km sprint

From the first grade, little Tanya was involved in cross-country skiing and switched to biathlon quite early, at the age of twelve. At first I tried to combine both types and even became a master of sports in skiing, but biathlon still prevailed - both in complexity and entertainment.

The first serious starts were the 2011 Summer Biathlon World Championships, and then the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino. Only if Akimova failed to get into the medals on roller skis, the athlete returned from Italy with two personal bronze medals - in the sprint and pursuit, and gold in the mixed relay.

Her debut at the World Cup happened last season in Östersund, where she, with three penalties in the standing position, finished only 83rd in the sprint and, of course, did not qualify for the pursuit. In total, the Russian woman took part in 6 stages (not counting the World Championship), and her best achievement was 12th place at a distance of 7.5 km and 14th in the pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk.

At the 2016 World Championships, Akimova was entrusted with starting four races. In the sprint she finished 28th with one penalty, in the pursuit – 29th, and together with the team in the relay she became 11th, despite the fall, shooting clean.

According to the results, Akimova was recognized by the IBU as the best newcomer. She finished 45th overall with 145 points.

“This is a very unexpected reward for me - at the end of the season this... I’m happy. The next goal is to get on the podium,” she said then in an interview with R-Sport. “This gives some kind of incentive for the future, we will fight.” To grow every year, we need to put more effort into training. I think we will work, and the result will increase! This is a huge motivation for me for the next season."

Akimova named the need to gain a foothold in the first team as her goal for this season. At the same time, the athlete is confident that she can only guarantee her place with consistently good performances. At least that’s what Tatiana said before the start of the season. And in the future, the athlete, of course, dreams of an Olympic medal.

The biathlete’s personal trainer is her father-in-law Anatoly Akimov, who is also her first coach, and who, obviously, is the father of her husband Vyacheslav Akimov, a two-time European junior champion.

It is curious that at first it was Vyacheslav who showed great promise and was considered a very promising athlete. Today, according to the athlete, he is the main fan and adviser, even though he never managed to compete at the World Cup or IBU Cup.

In her free time from training and competitions, Tatyana loves to read and tries to learn English. The list of recently read items includes a biography of the famous Norwegian skier Bjorn Deli. According to Akimova, learning about the achievements of great athletes motivates herself for further work.

Among his idols, Akimov names Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. However, the athlete believes that with age and achievement of certain successes they can change. I would like to believe that soon Tatyana will be able to ask this question again.

168 cm/57 kg

Tatyana Sergeevna Akimova(nee Semyonova ; October 26, Cheboksary, Chuvashia, USSR) - Russian biathlete. Master of Sports of international class (). Winner of the IBU Awards in the category “Rookie of the Year” for the 2015/2016 season.

Biography

She was a member of the junior, youth and reserve national teams of Russia. She competed at the World Junior Championships and the European Championships in 2011.

In 2011, she became the silver medalist of the national championship in the Summer Biathlon. These results allowed her to compete at the competition, where she failed to win medals.

In 2013, she became the winner of the Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy in the relay race and a medalist in individual races. In 2014, she took part in the Summer Biathlon World Championships in Tyumen, where she performed poorly, finishing 23rd in the sprint and 25th in the pursuit.

At the end of 2014, Semenova successfully competed in the Izhevsk Rifle. She was 3rd in the individual race and 5th in the sprint. After two races, she qualified for the Russian national team for the World Cup, however, due to the lack of IBU qualifying points, the biathlete will not be able to compete. Therefore, it was decided to first send Semenova to the stages of the IBU Cup.

In January 2015, it became known that Tatyana Semenova was included in the team’s application to participate in the European Championship in Otepää, Estonian.

On June 11, 2015, she married biathlete Vyacheslav Akimov and changed her last name.

world Cup

On December 5, 2015, she made her debut in the World Cup in the sprint at the stage in Ostersund. Starting with number 100, after the first shooting she was in the points zone, but 3 mistakes in the standing position did not allow her to perform well in her debut race - 83rd place, she came to the finish line last, behind both athletes who started after her.

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Returning from the review, Kutuzov, accompanied by the Austrian general, went into his office and, calling the adjutant, ordered to be given some papers related to the state of the arriving troops, and letters received from Archduke Ferdinand, who commanded the advanced army. Prince Andrei Bolkonsky entered the commander-in-chief's office with the required papers. Kutuzov and an Austrian member of the Gofkriegsrat sat in front of the plan laid out on the table.
“Ah...” said Kutuzov, looking back at Bolkonsky, as if with this word he was inviting the adjutant to wait, and continued the conversation he had started in French.
“I’m just saying one thing, General,” Kutuzov said with a pleasant grace of expression and intonation, which forced you to listen carefully to every leisurely spoken word. It was clear that Kutuzov himself enjoyed listening to himself. “I only say one thing, General, that if the matter depended on my personal desire, then the will of His Majesty Emperor Franz would have been fulfilled long ago.” I would have joined the Archduke long ago. And believe my honor, it would be a joy for me personally to hand over the highest command of the army to a more knowledgeable and skilled general than I am, of which Austria is so abundant, and to relinquish all this heavy responsibility. But circumstances are stronger than us, General.
And Kutuzov smiled with an expression as if he was saying: “You have every right not to believe me, and even I don’t care at all whether you believe me or not, but you have no reason to tell me this. And that’s the whole point.”
The Austrian general looked dissatisfied, but could not help but respond to Kutuzov in the same tone.
“On the contrary,” he said in a grumpy and angry tone, so contrary to the flattering meaning of the words he spoke, “on the contrary, your Excellency’s participation in the common cause is highly valued by His Majesty; but we believe that the present slowdown deprives the glorious Russian troops and their commanders-in-chief of the laurels that they are accustomed to reaping in battles,” he finished his apparently prepared phrase.
Kutuzov bowed without changing his smile.
“And I am so convinced and, based on the last letter with which His Highness Archduke Ferdinand honored me, I assume that the Austrian troops, under the command of such a skillful assistant as General Mack, have now won a decisive victory and no longer need our help,” said Kutuzov.
The general frowned. Although there was no positive news about the defeat of the Austrians, there were too many circumstances that confirmed the general unfavorable rumors; and therefore Kutuzov’s assumption about the victory of the Austrians was very similar to ridicule. But Kutuzov smiled meekly, still with the same expression, which said that he had the right to assume this. Indeed, the last letter he received from Mac's army informed him of the victory and the most advantageous strategic position of the army.
“Give me this letter here,” said Kutuzov, turning to Prince Andrei. - If you please, see. - And Kutuzov, with a mocking smile at the ends of his lips, read in German to the Austrian general the following passage from a letter from Archduke Ferdinand: “Wir haben vollkommen zusammengehaltene Krafte, nahe an 70,000 Mann, um den Feind, wenn er den Lech passirte, angreifen und schlagen zu konnen. Wir konnen, da wir Meister von Ulm sind, den Vortheil, auch von beiden Uferien der Donau Meister zu bleiben, nicht verlieren; mithin auch jeden Augenblick, wenn der Feind den Lech nicht passirte, die Donau ubersetzen, uns auf seine Communikations Linie werfen, die Donau unterhalb repassiren und dem Feinde, wenn er sich gegen unsere treue Allirte mit ganzer Macht wenden wollte, seine Absicht alabald vereitelien. Wir werden auf solche Weise den Zeitpunkt, wo die Kaiserlich Ruseische Armee ausgerustet sein wird, muthig entgegenharren, und sodann leicht gemeinschaftlich die Moglichkeit finden, dem Feinde das Schicksal zuzubereiten, so er verdient.” [We have quite concentrated forces, about 70,000 people, so that we can attack and defeat the enemy if he crosses Lech. Since we already own Ulm, we can retain the benefit of command of both banks of the Danube, therefore, every minute, if the enemy does not cross the Lech, cross the Danube, rush to his communication line, and below cross the Danube back to the enemy, if he decides to turn all his power on our faithful allies, prevent his intention from being fulfilled. Thus, we will cheerfully await the time when the imperial Russian army is completely ready, and then together we will easily find the opportunity to prepare for the enemy the fate he deserves.”]
Kutuzov sighed heavily, ending this period, and looked attentively and affectionately at the member of the Gofkriegsrat.
“But you know, Your Excellency, the wise rule is to assume the worst,” said the Austrian general, apparently wanting to end the jokes and get down to business.
He involuntarily looked back at the adjutant.
“Excuse me, General,” Kutuzov interrupted him and also turned to Prince Andrei. - That's it, my dear, take all the reports from our spies from Kozlovsky. Here are two letters from Count Nostitz, here is a letter from His Highness Archduke Ferdinand, here is another,” he said, handing him several papers. - And from all this, neatly, in French, compose a memorandum, a note, for the sake of visibility of all the news that we had about the actions of the Austrian army. Well, then, introduce him to his Excellency.
Prince Andrei bowed his head as a sign that he understood from the first words not only what was said, but also what Kutuzov wanted to tell him. He collected the papers, and, making a general bow, quietly walking along the carpet, went out into the reception room.
Despite the fact that not much time has passed since Prince Andrei left Russia, he has changed a lot during this time. In the expression of his face, in his movements, in his gait, the former pretense, fatigue and laziness were almost not noticeable; he had the appearance of a man who does not have time to think about the impression he makes on others, and is busy doing something pleasant and interesting. His face expressed more satisfaction with himself and those around him; his smile and gaze were more cheerful and attractive.