Dmitry Pidruchny received a serious arm injury, a fracture in August. Now he is in the Austrian Obertilliach, together with the youth team, and before the event in Hochfilzen, you should not expect his appearance at the KM. Last interview he said: «Recovery is going according to plan, I hope to compete in Hochfilzen.»
Yulia Dzhima will also miss the Swedish event due to an illness that arose at the training camp in Oberhof.
And 36-year-old Elena Bilosyuk, most likely, does not reach the level of the main team, and will begin the season at the IBU Cup.
The head coach of the women's team, Nikolai Zots, announced this: «We have ten biathletes preparing: Blazhko, Krivonos, Petrenko, the Merkushina sisters, the Gorodnye sisters, Kipyachenkova, Dmitrenko and Prikhodko. Only Elena Bilosyuk is preparing with the men’s team B, she is in Kontiolahti and will join the IBU Cup.»
