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Young athletes meet with biathlon legends in Raubichi
MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) - More than 360 young athletes of the the Snow Sniper national biathlon tournament for children and youth came to meet with the legendary biathletes who will take part in the Legends Race in the Raubichi sports center, BelTA has learned.
Classes with the world-renowned athletes have opened the sports program of the Legends Race Festival. There is also a cultural-entertainment program underway in Raubichi. Anyone can try their hand at various competitions and sports.
The participants of the Snow Sniper began to gather at the sports hall of the center well in advance of the event to meet with Darya Domracheva and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Nadezhda Skardino, Halvard Hanevold, Ekaterina Dafovska, Alexander Popov and many others.
“I was looking forward to the day when we would gather for the Legends Race. I talked personally to every athlete who came to Raubichi today. I am grateful to all who accepted the invitation and came to participate in the sports festival. I hope that the guys who came to to see biathlon legends will remember this meeting for a long time and will learn many interesting useful things,” Darya Domracheva said and wished them successes in all their endeavors.
Talking to children, eight-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wished them to enjoy sport and train hard. “This is the only recipe for success,” he said.
Taking part in the meeting were 368 children from six Belarusian oblasts and the city of Minsk. The President’s Sport Club instituted special awards (ski sets for the coach and the young biathlete) for the most interesting question to te biathlon greats.
The event wrapped up with an autograph session.
The Legends Race opening ceremony in Raubichi is scheduled for 17h00 (local time).
Women Mass Start will kick off at 17h50. Men Mass Start is slated for 18h15. The start time for Mixed Relay is 18h45. The festival will then include the awards ceremony of winners of the Legends Race the Snow Sniper national biathlon tournament for children and youth and also a ceremony to pay homage to Darya Domracheva and Nadezhda Skardino as they retired from biathlon.
The Legends Race will be held for the third time. Earlier, the festival was held in 2015 and 2016.
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