Imagine…
…you are standing by the track. A girl wearing the white and blue race
suit with the rifle on her back is getting closer and closer. You recognize
her. The young and talented biathlete from
Estonia. Dasha Yurlova. Now you can
see the power in her moves, the courage in her eyes. You know her story because you read this exclusive little talk we made.
- My grandma and grandpa were doing ski racing. When my uncle and my mom were young, they enjoyed skiing too, but not
professionally. One day my cousin (not Ekaterina Yurlova, we aren’t relatives :)
went to biathlon and when I saw her skiing, I really wanted to do it too. I
still remember the day when I was 8 years old and my mom came and told me that
I will also do biathlon. I was very happy because we had great team and because
it was very interesting to do this sport. I improved very rapidly and at age 11
I was ready to compete...
- Sprint, Individual, relay... I like all the races. Every start is an experience for me.
- I don’t have an idol.
Even when I started my sport career I didn’t watch biathlon on TV. But now I am
a big fan of biathlon and there are people for whom I am very glad, when they
go up on the podium – for example Olga Zaitseva or Teja Gregorin. But I also like
when some young and unknow biathletes have good results and also go up on the
podium just as Gabriela Soukalova or Miri Gössner did this season.
I really like and respect that.
- It´s complicated to think about composing my own
dream relay team. I am still patriot and I want to
compete only with my team. But may be it would be interesting to do mix relay
with the biathlete, wax-man, coach or something like that.
- Above all, I hope I will go to Olympic Games in Sochi 2014. But
I think the Olympic Games will not be the most important for me. I'm fairly
young and not experienced, but I'll try to make the best for a good result.
- Each start motivates me.
Every year I see that the leadership gap is shrinking and it motivates me more.
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| Dasha with her friends and teammates Grete Gaim, Kristel Viigipuu and Johanna Talihärm |
- I like summer biathlon on roller skis, especially if it is necessary for training. Maybe one day we recognize
summer biathlon as a part of Summer Olympic Games so we could be the athletes
that participated in both Olympics, but I prefer the winter view of biathlon.
- If I could win the big event, for a start I would
like to win the World Cup. Then the World Championships and then
the Olympic Games. But seriously, I think it doesn’t matter what kind of medal
I would win for Estonia, any medal matters.
- In this year my hometown Otepää hosted IBU Cup that
was successful. There are also planned the Junior
Championships and the World Cup. I think that Estonia is able to host such
major events. And I hope it will soon happen.
- I definitely know that there are Estonian fans during the races of the World Cup that cheering me on. But I can’t see everyone’s face. It's very nice when somebody is screaming at
the track.
- I can’t say who is my biggest fan. But you know - the family still worries about me the most. Sometimes it
happens that my friends become fans, and fans sometimes become friends.
- From the biathlon places I like Bavaria most – Antholz, Obertilliach, Hochfilzen.
I like the mountains. There is often beautiful weather especially in Antholz -
Anterselva.
- During my relax days if I'm at home, I must spend my
time with my friends. At the training camp we either do
shopping, or meet with other biathletes, do some own affairs in our rooms,
playing cards or anything else.
- If biathlon doesn´t exist I think I would start to do
sports in the gym. I used to play volleyball and
basketball for the school. But I also like tennis so this is the second option.
You can also visit the official blog of Dasha Yurlova:
http://dashik92.blogspot.ru/
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