It's a funeral. How Akimova showed the real Russian biathlon

The masters-bet company talks about the recent leader of the Russian women's biathlon team, Tatyana Akimova, who will miss the 2018/19 season.

Akimova Tatyana - childhood and youth

Tatyana Sergeevna Akimova was born in Chuvashia, in the village of Novye Lapsary in Cheboksary. The biography of Tatyana Akimova (then she bore her maiden name Semenova) dates back to October 26, 1990. A biathlete from a large family, she is the youngest in it. Tatyana's parents are amateur athletes. Tanya’s older sister also went in for sports, but then she focused on her studies, graduated from Moscow State University and is now a Muscovite. There is also an older brother who lives in Cheboksary with his wife and two daughters.

Tatiana began skiing as a first-grader. At the age of 12, in parallel with skiing, I decided to try myself in a new sport. For some time I tried to combine it, but when it was time to choose, I settled on biathlon. And her first coach was Anatoly Akimov, who later became her father-in-law.

Tatyana Akimova with her sister Irina

Akimova Tatyana - titles and sports awards

Biathlete Tatyana Akimova (at that time Semenova) won her first medals at the international level at the 2013 Universiade in Trentino, Italy. There she took gold in the mixed relay and two bronzes in individual races - in the sprint and pursuit.

Akimova joined the main Russian national team in 2016. Subsequently, she became the winner and medalist of the World Cup stages, as well as the bronze medalist of the 2017 World Championships in the mixed relay.

The international master of sports also has two medals at the 2017 Military World Games - gold and silver. After all, Akimova is registered in CSKA (Central Sports Club of the Army), and her military rank is junior sergeant.

Akimova Tatyana - personal life

In June 2015, Tatyana Semenova formalized her relationship with biathlete Vyacheslav Akimov. They are the same age as Slava and have known each other since childhood. We trained with the same coach, Vyacheslav’s father, Anatoly Akimov. Moreover, the latter was not only their mentor, but also a sponsor - he bought equipment with his own money and paid fees. Tanya and Slava were friends at first, and from the age of 18 they began to meet as lovers.

At that time, by the way, Vyacheslav Akimov was considered a very promising biathlete. If few people knew his girlfriend then, Akimov twice became the European champion in juniors. Looking at his results, Tatyana also tried to improve. And now her successes inspire her husband.

Tatyana Akimova and her husband Vyacheslav

Akimova Tatyana now

Akimova Tatyana is currently receiving her second higher education at the Cheboksary Polytechnic University. She previously graduated from the Faculty of Management at this university, and is now studying law. In her free time, the girl loves to read and leans heavily on English.

When, on the first day of summer, the composition of the Russian national team for the next season was announced and there was no place for Akimova in it, the head coach of the women's team, Vitaly Noritsyn, announced: Tanya is pregnant. Although the biathlete herself asked the coach not to tell the press about this. But the coach immediately told the ward: she would still have to tell her - otherwise the fans would not give her peace. Noritsyn told reporters that Tatyana Akimova left biathlon temporarily, and will definitely return after returning from maternity leave.

Took last place in the mass start at the Olympics in Korea. Akimova emphasized that she had no contact with the coaching staff and she simply could not understand some of the classes.

“I have already spoken out about Akimova,” Reztsova began. - She said that with such a move she would not turn out to be a great biathlete. The girl blames everyone now, but what did she herself do for this? Even with clean shooting, she has no results. She knows her minus - the move. But she didn't even work on it.

- Why?
- I was counting on the fact that I would cover all the targets and increase my level. She doesn't care how she runs! She doesn't care.

- Come on?
- Yes. She had arguments with many coaches who wanted to help her. They told her: “Tatiana, you are running slowly, you need to tighten up this element.” And she waved it off: “What does this have to do with the move, I can work purely on the line”... The result is obvious. Akimova is offended by everyone. But first of all, you need to understand yourself. Yes, today she was flunked. But she must be ready for anything!

- It turned out that you’re not ready?
- Yes. Exactly! This race showed that Akimova is not ready to fight! Just not ready! She didn't show anything. It seems like she is running and running. And then - how it goes. And now she still blames everyone - who doesn’t understand her, who doesn’t hear her. She's the one who doesn't hear anyone. The coaches wanted to help her and offered various options. She rejected everything, hoping only for her shooting.

- However, Akimova claims that she felt comfortable working with Noritsin, whose contract was not renewed...
- And you ask Noritsyn? And he will answer you the same as I did. He walked towards her, listened, heard. But when I tried to tell her, she also did everything her own way. I don’t know... A year ago, when she once won the sprint and became third in the pursuit, for some reason they turned her into a star, a leader. But after that Akimova did not confirm that she was the leader. She didn’t fight, she didn’t work until she was exhausted!

- Did you look for the reasons for failures around you?
- Yes. She only blamed the weather, skiing, coaches, and so on. Tanya won't be a great biathlete because she doesn't know how to work! Looking for all sorts of excuses. Today I thought she would be somewhere around 10th. But do you see what the result is? It turned out that I was simply not ready for the mass start.

- Can I finish biathlon with such an attitude?
- I don't know. It's her right. She can continue her career and prove that she was written off early, answer all the critics, including me. Why should she finish?

- What can you say about Kuzmina’s victory?
- I am very grateful to Nastya. She stood up for herself, for her brother, for the girls who were not allowed. She communicates with many people and is friends. In particular, with my daughter Daria Virolainen. I am very grateful to her. Kuzmina once again proved that there is no need to humiliate and insult athletes who are not guilty of anything. We all bow deeply to her.

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Anfisa! You don’t have to kick others to raise your own! Don’t you know how much athletes, any of them, need support! and not just yours! If you can’t afford such luxury, then it’s better to keep quiet, at least it won’t ricochet.

Well, what to take from the talker.

mother, not understanding the harm to her children, the diagnosis is instinctive. There is no one else to interview. After all, by supporting our athlete in every detail now, we become stronger. yes Denis is a noble troll

Dmitry,
Well, yes, and the current coaches planned everything in advance so that the current athletes would not have any results this year, so to speak, to help those who ordered their own “murder” and their accomplices - representatives of the second oldest. :))

Don't think it's a complicated design. But I think everything turned out much simpler, without a social order. The athletes are not satisfied with the result, and not just one or two. You can, of course, blame the entire biathlon team for “not knowing how to work and fight,” but it would be more logical to ask those who train them.

Conspiracy theories are, of course, cool, but somehow too mysterious. :))

DimaN1951: “Actually, it would be better for Reztsova to remain silent after her own simple-minded statement several years ago about her taking “pills” at one time.”

And not just keep silent, but be expelled from the RRF.

Anton Pavlovich Chaika, this is not the first time. So the command “FAS” went to the current coaches. And journalists are used as executors in this matter. And to approach any athlete and get the necessary answers from him - I don’t see anything difficult here
Even Reztsov can be set up like this. This has already happened to her. I remember the case when details of the personal life of her and her daughters were published. And she didn’t sue anyone there.
She grinds everything, and then the journalists choose the most rotten and closest to the order. Reztsova is a very convenient material for journalists in this regard
That’s why journalists are called representatives of the “most ancient profession.”

zakol,
but Tatyana was not the only one who expressed dissatisfaction with her preparation during the season. Olga Yakushova said approximately the same thing a few months ago, that she completed the entire volume, but there was no result, so she left biathlon altogether. Babikov and Tsvetkov talked about the same thing. And you can accuse these athletes of bias, incorrectness, etc. as much as you like, but the trend, however, is not in favor of our coaches. As they say, this is not the first case in our practice. And something needs to be done about this. After all, if an athlete dares to speak unflatteringly about the coaches, then this is already the end, which means the weight has reached the floor. And if several athletes talk about this at once, then at least their opinion should be listened to carefully.

a difficult season, not difficult, Reztsova was never a biathlete by and large, a skier, yes, but she had a lot of character, and she always fought to the end, you can’t take that away, it’s only the coach or goalkeeper’s fault in football, individual events - only athlete! and the fact that “Kuzmina and Domracheva opened up thanks to the lack of competition and careful attitude towards them in their new teams.” - this statement causes, to put it mildly, great surprise!? they already had a good foundation laid before they got into other teams, and there they were helped to develop them, how? An interesting question, but certainly not due to the hothouse conditions and the gagging of representatives of local kings, all this will not add popular support to the akim, everyone is equal on the ski track

In fact, it would be better for Reztsova to remain silent after her own simple-minded statement several years ago about her taking “pills” at one time.

zakol, where did you see “the weak-willed holding of races”? Getting into the MC based on the results of previous races at the Olympic Games already indicates the opposite. What’s the point of squeezing out the last of your strength after 5 misses at one milestone, when ahead of our biathletes lies the most important race for them at these Olympic Games - SE (it was announced even before the start of the games)? To take 28th or 29th place instead of 30th, and then lose your stage in SE?
And many biathletes can make mistakes; just remember Ustyugov’s 8 mistakes in the standing position of the last stage of the relay, which dropped our team from first to fourteenth place.

Mikhail Vansyatsky, dirt is your expression about the fans. Here they are talking about the weak-willed conduct of races and an obvious attempt to blame everything on others. How else does all this look directly at the Olympic Games? Not all races are finished yet. Why do all this if everyone else has to perform? They start: they don’t write to me, they write to me, but Barnashov himself called me...

I don’t see anything in Akimova’s words that would fall under the definition of “throwing dirt.” If our press interprets and distorts her words in any way they want, puts quotes taken out of context into headlines, calls an honest answer to a question a “statement,” etc., then these are problems of the press and those who believe it.
I repeat once again - not a single Russian biathlete shows anything this season. Tatyana simply voiced the general problem of the team and explained its reason not in detached general phrases, but specifically based on her personal experience.

Actually, it was Tatyana who began to accurately throw dirt at the coaches. I started after the individual competition and continued after the mass start.

1) Tatyana Akimova never considered herself the leader of the team and always talked about it.
2) Tatyana wanted to continue working with Noritsyn in the off-season. They already had a preparation plan ready, taking into account the mistakes made during last season, which needed to be corrected. Noritsyn's removal and Konovalov's arrival were like a bolt from the blue. At the same time, no one took the athlete’s opinion into account.
3) Akimova’s main complaint against Konovalov and Co. is the lack of any explanation for the usefulness of certain exercises. They simply told her, do it and that’s it. And why and for what - you don’t need to know. No one was interested in her well-being, and she herself did not understand what stage of readiness she was at.
4) As soon as the starts began, it turned out that Tatyana’s speed on the ski track not only did not increase, but also worsened. She did not receive a clear explanation from the coaches, and as a result, she lost confidence in the coaching staff and their instructions.
5) The same situation applies to absolutely all members of the Russian women’s national team. More or less, the only exception is Yurlova, who trained individually. But her results are worse than those that Tatyana showed last year. I'm not even talking about the deafening failure at the European Championships of Svetlana Mironova, the country's main young biathlon hope. So Akimova just voiced the team’s general problem, and Reztsova’s attack specifically on her is, to say the least, a dishonest act.

6) Reztsova, as usual, contradicts herself. First, she showers all the trunks on Akimova, and at the end she declares: “Kuzmina has once again proven that it is NOT NECESSARY TO HUMILIATE AND INSULT athletes who are not guilty of anything.” So why is Reztsova herself doing this?
7) I know what Konovalov wrote to Tatyana on the eve of the mass start. To put it mildly, this is not how they support their athletes.
8) Kuzmina and Domracheva blossomed thanks to the lack of competition and careful attitude towards them in their new teams. We only treat with care those who are convenient, pleasing, and “thieves.”
9) Tatyana is having a difficult season and there is no need to throw mud at her.

Mad bear, where did you see hatred? I write factually, and here you are spreading demagoguery. Anfisa correctly said that Akimova does not fight and does not show results, but is only looking for excuses for herself.

“Protect fans from hatred”

LOL WHAT? I am not responsible for other people. All claims to them.

Denis, who do you think stands out among those in the WC this season, besides Yurlova? Of the men, only Shipulin and Loginov, and then only with great reserve. I have never seen Anton so helpless on the track before as he was this season. We still don't know Loginov's potential at KM. And all three, mind you, prepared according to their own plans, and Yurlova and Shipulin were also outside the team.

Fedya,... “With such and such diligent work by the coaches, maybe we shouldn’t evaluate the potential of the athletes?!” - I completely share your opinion.

Denis, claims regarding Mironova should not be made against Akimova. Why hasn’t Konovalov, as a shooting coach (his specialization), taught the girl how to shoot yet? My opinion is that Svetlana should be on the team. And I also regret that she is not on the team. Both Tatyana and Svetlana, according to their abilities and capabilities, should be on the team. But TS did not solve their problems, but only aggravated them and therefore no longer has the right to exist. For what (what merits) Konovalov was returned to the team, I still don’t understand. And then Tikhonov cried out for him, oh-oh-oh, but now he’s dissatisfied. I wonder what he was pleased with during his first appointment, when Konovalov simply drove Olga Podchufarova and did not train anyone in anything? At the moment, I’m just glad that Sveta is not on the team on a permanent basis. It will be saved this way. But I expect a breakthrough from her. The team needs both athletes to skillfully develop their abilities.

Denis, remove Sveta from your avatar and express your opinion on health. Otherwise, you are only provoking attacks from fans of the same Ulyana and Tanya in Sveta. Isn't this the work of a provocateur?

If you really were a fan of Sveta, you would try to protect her from the reciprocal hatred of the fans of those athletes for whom you yourself are filled with hatred, wouldn’t you?

DimaN1951, I don’t want to denigrate anyone, but I’m writing my opinion. My opinion about Akimova was exactly the same as about Kaisheva. Both of them have nothing to do at the World Cup. They don’t try and don’t fight.

Mad bear, These are not attacks on biathletes. This is a truth that people here don’t want to notice.

Valentinovna, So you think that Akimova’s only success last season is that she now has to be dragged around all stages of the World Cup like a tourist without results? If she has no desire to fight for medals and she’s frankly not up to the task this season, then why torture her? Let him rest at the Russian Cup and if he shows good results he will come back. Why was Mironova put into reserve with excellent speed, while Akimova can constantly skate at the bottom of the protocol? Where's the justice?

Fedya, it looks like a scorched field. Just as they burned everything out after Pichler, that’s where we are now.

DimaN1951, I support! As a personal fan of Sveta Mironova, it was always disgusting for me to read Denis’ attacks on other biathletes. Let him remove Sveta from her avatar and then he’ll start throwing dirt instead of disgracing her. And so, a typical provocateur, trying to arouse hatred of fans towards Sveta.

Dmitry, but this, perhaps, really looks a lot like a scorched field.

With such diligent work by coaches, maybe we shouldn’t evaluate the potential of athletes?!

Denis, don’t you think that you and Anfisa are twin sisters? She is trying to denigrate her daughters’ competitors, you are trying to denigrate Sveta Mironova’s competitors. All that remains is to ask Dasha, Christina and Sveta whether they need such “intercessors”. I think no.

And Virolainen, apparently, knows how to work... Sorry. Nothing personal.

Denis, if Akimova is to be sent to the Russian Cup, then where should Mironov be sent?
A failure is a failure and you need to treat it as a failure, and not build conclusions that are beneficial to you.
Tatyana Akimova is at least our 2nd-3rd best biathlete, but everyone else still needs to prove this.

Yuri: “... how to feel about Akimova’s shooting?”
And how should we feel about OC Ustyugov, who somehow, being the team leader, made 8 mistakes in the standing position, at the last stage of the relay, dropping the team from first place to fourteenth:- (

That’s why I respect Anfisa so much for the truth! I said everything as it is and I’m completely right! Akimova does not work and does not fight! Couldn't have said it better! It's time to send Tanya to the Russian Cup. Vyalbe removed Nepryaeva and Nechaevskaya from the team last year, but they returned proving that they can perform successfully!

Sometimes it's better to remain silent.
And these are our rules

Vladimir,
If you don’t see that A. Reztsova goes beyond all boundaries in relation to all the athletes of our team without exception, excluding only her daughters, then it’s difficult for me to talk to you. If you can name at least one athlete from our national team about whom A.A. would say at least something positive, I will be very grateful to you. I don't know such facts.

As for me, I don’t have the habit of writing nasty things about anyone. I operate exclusively with facts. I wish the same for you. :)) We are not discussing here the question of how much Reztsova gave to biathlon. We are talking about how much it takes away from biathlon when it undermines the self-confidence of active biathletes, tells gossip about them, discusses and condemns them at the most inopportune moment, during important competitions. They don’t treat enemies the way she treated Tatyana Akimova. I didn’t have the courage to ask her coaches for their work, so I turned the arrows to the athlete. A good decision, and most importantly, a “bold” one. :))

Valentinovna, you still haven’t answered how to feel about Akimova’s shooting? And this is the athlete who blames coaches for improper functional training. You can fail shooting in one or two races, but not in four. The Ukrainians also didn’t show anything at the Olympic Games, but at least they ran at the World Championships this season. As for my personal concern for our athletes, I personally worry about Kuklina and Dmitrieva. Yes, I wrote vaguely above, giving the example of Podchufarova. I wanted to say, do you want to bother with Akimova in the same way as with Podchufarova’s incomprehensible problems?

Marina Alekseevna,))) urgently change your avatar to the one with a gun, so that everyone immediately understands who surrendered))

What is “age”? There are no middle-aged people! There are those who give up!

Marina Alekseevna, God will forgive you!
And I’m just Handsome, HEALTHY, but not a military man.
Where did you get the idea that I was hitting on you?
I know for sure that I DON’T LIKE HEALTHY WOMEN (as you wrote there:fffffffffffffffffffffffffff, not even military men!

(Now you will receive offers from military camps! So don’t be discouraged!)

Yuri, don't hesitate to ask. The only thing I disagree with is what I wrote above in detail. And how is Akimova so different from Mironova in terms of experience at KM? Appeared on KM one year earlier? And the fact that Akimova has the same problems as Podchufarova is quite possible. The girls were rolled out thanks to their good results. Maybe Svetlana was also lucky to avoid such a disaster in this way. But Sveta (I understand, you are her personal fan) needs to find a good shooting coach and then her place on the team at the KM will be unshakable.

We thought that our athletes at these Olympic Games would be humiliated by Comrade Bach and his company. But it turned out that journalists and an SBI official are leading in this case.

Marina Alekseevna, Marish, come and visit then.. I’ll provide you with something))

Nick Kuziansky, Well, you know, you can’t praise yourself...
although... I’m not interested in you as a man... I’m sorry... But I LOVE military men, Handsome, HUGE...

Lily, come to me?
I guess I didn't understand something?

Marina Alekseevna, no Marishechkin, I had a question for you))

Marina Alekseevna, Oh! I am handsome! It's true!

Valentinovna, I’m embarrassed to ask you, what did Reztsova say that was so terrible and wrong?” I don’t take Tatyana’s progress at the Olympic Games into account, only the rate of fire in time: sprint -44, GP-48 out of 60 participants, IG-62 and MS-29. What can you count on with such shooting and this is zero in one sprint. I repeat that what Reztsova said was wrong. This could be forgiven today for Mironova, but not for Akimova. Do you want Akimova to be like Podchufarova’s problems? And the fact that she defends Virolainen, of course, goes too far - so here we have Elen defending Volkov, Khinskyi Kaisheva no less.

Nick Kuzyansky, don’t be ridiculous... look at yourself in the mirror, handsome...

“Scandals, intrigues, investigations” - this is our biathlon today! It's terribly disappointing and annoying

Lily, all questions to mom)
She only ruins everything, including the girls’ reputation.

According to Akimova, the coaching staff is to blame for everything. “Last year, when we went through the off-season, training, everything was constantly explained to me. The situation was analyzed and there was always some kind of forecast for my condition for the future,” the athlete explained in an interview with the Sport-Express newspaper.

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This season, the biathlete noted, the situation has changed: “We also trained a lot, but I simply couldn’t understand some of the classes. I asked the coaches, but no one could clearly explain anything to me.”

It was very difficult for the athlete to train without understanding the essence of the work. “As the season progressed, I couldn’t even understand when I was getting into shape and when I wasn’t. My condition was a mystery even to myself. There must be contact with the coach! But I didn’t have it throughout the whole season,” said Tatyana .

According to her, there was simply no dialogue between athletes and terriers. “You need to trust a coach, he must be like a father. I won’t hide it: we had no contact this year. There was no dialogue in principle. So where does trust come from? Most athletes want to train with those with whom they trained last year. Very It’s all a shame,” Akimova concluded.

As the site wrote, biathlete Anastasia Kuzmina, representing Slovakia, won gold in the mass start. Belarusian Daria Domracheva took second place, Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff took third place. The only Russian representative in the race, Tatyana Akimova, fell at the start and finished the race last.

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 stage in the city of 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 category “Rookie of the Year” 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

Tatyana Akimova, whose biography, sports career and personal life are presented in this article, is a famous Russian biathlete. She is the winner and prize-winner of the World Cup stages, as well as the winner of the World Championship.

Biographical information

Tatyana Sergeevna Semenova was born in October 1990 in the capital of Chuvashia, Cheboksary. As a child, the future biathlete was not much different from other girls - she studied well, loved to walk with friends and read books. Tatyana also loved sports, especially skiing, which she was fond of from early childhood. It was they who became the girl’s companions for many years.

While practicing skiing, Tatyana Akimova always watched the performances of biathletes with interest. Therefore, when she was offered to switch to this sport, she agreed without hesitation. And very soon her hard work, determination and perseverance brought her first successes.

Beginning of a professional career

While training in Cheboksary at the A. Tikhonov Youth Sports School under the leadership of V. M. Pavlov, biathlete Tatyana Akimova soon began to be involved in republican and international competitions. She began to be called up to the junior and then the Russian youth team.

The first successes came to the 21-year-old athlete in 2011. At first she competed at the world and continental junior championships, but, unfortunately, was unable to take prizes. But Tatyana did not give up: at the Russian Summer Biathlon Championship she sensationally became one of the winners.

This success allowed her to join the team that competed at the World Championships in this sport. However, at the competition in the Czech Nove Mesto, Tatyana was unable to repeat her achievement.

First international successes

The turning point for biathlete Tatyana Akimova was 2013. During her performances at Trentino, Italy, the Russian athlete made a large number of journalists and experts talk about herself.

First, she became third in the sprint, and then repeated her achievement in the pursuit. A few days later, Tatyana, together with Sergei Klyachin and Alexander Pechenkin, won the Universiade gold medals in the mixed relay.

In 2014, the athlete was not able to particularly please her fans. At the World Summer Biathlon Championships in Tyumen, Tatyana Akimova did not perform very well, finishing only in the third ten. Only at the end of the year was she able to prove herself at the Izhevsk Rifle commercial tournament. Here Tatyana became third in the individual race and fifth in the sprint.

Performances in the IBU Cup

After such performances, Tatyana Sergeevna Akimova was able to make it into the Russian national team, but was unable to compete at the World Cup stages due to the fact that she did not have qualifying points in IBU tournaments. Therefore, the team management decided to send Akimova to compete in the IBU Cup.

In the 2014/15 season, she made her debut at the stage in Duszniki-Zdroj, Poland, where she finished sixth in the sprint. At the next race, Tatyana was already fourth. These results were enough for the young athlete to make her debut at the most prestigious world biathlon competitions.

Performances at the World Cup stages

Tatyana Akimova entered the World Cup circuit for the first time at the end of 2015. At the first stage in Ostersund, Sweden, she participated in the sprint race. Unfortunately, the debut was unsuccessful: having started in number 100, Akimova ended up in the ninth ten with three misses.

At the next stage in Hochfilzen, Tatyana took 66th place, and in Ruhpolding she scored qualifying points for the first time. The Russian athlete was thirty-second in the sprint, and forty-ninth in the pursuit. Akimova improved her performance at the stage in Canmore, Canada. Here she became twenty-third in the sprint.

At the next stage in Presque Isle, Tatyana participated in the relay race for the first time. Unfortunately, the debut was not a success here either: the Russians took only seventh place.

The most successful start for Akimova was the stage in Khanty-Mansiysk. Here she became twelfth in the sprint and fourteenth in the pursuit.

The following season, only improved results were expected from Tatyana Akimova. And she didn’t delay it: at the very first stage she became fourth in the mixed relay. But the real sensation occurred in the Czech Nove Mesto. Akimova first sensationally won the sprint race, and a day later she became third in the pursuit race.

Tatyana spent the entire 2016/17 season relatively smoothly. In almost every individual race she was in the points zone. She made another “shot” at the World Championships in Hochfilzen: Tatyana Sergeevna Akimova became a bronze medalist in the mixed relay.

On the eve of the new biathlon season and the Olympic Games, both the national team's coaching staff and ordinary fans have high hopes for the Russian biathlete. According to the athlete herself, she will do everything possible to please them with her success.

Personal life of an athlete

The Russian biathlete, previously known under the name Semenova, has been listed in all official protocols as Tatyana Akimova since the summer of 2015. It was then that she married Vyacheslav Akimov, who is the son of her coach.

Tatyana's husband is also a famous biathlete, who became the European junior champion in 2011. Now he competes at the IBU Cup stages.

In their free time from the training process and competitions, the Akimov family often appears in public, but even more often they can be found fishing.

Tatyana also opened an account on Instagram. Here she puts her photos both from training camps and competitions, as well as her own photo shoots for sports and