RATIO OF RACING AND SHOOTING COMPONENTS OF COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES OF BIATHLETES (REVIEW)

The research purpose was to review the scientific literature on the contribution of racing and shooting components to the final result in biathlon.

Methods and organization of the research. Theoretical analysis of scientific publications of Russian and foreign scientists based on data from electronic databases PubMed, Scopus, eLibrary, Google scholar, CyberLeninka. A total of 28 sources were analyzed.

Research results and their discussion. World champions, Olympic champions and winners of individual World Cup stages in classical biathlon disciplines may have an acceptable level of imbalance towards racing or shooting components of their fitness. The presence of an imbalance towards racing training can ensure success in the sprint race and in contact disciplines. A high level of shooting training, especially high accuracy, will compensate for the insufficiently high level of racing training and will ensure the realization of potential in individual races. A high level of shooting training with a mandatory component - high shooting speed as one of the components of this type of training, even with a relatively low level of racing training, will ensure the realization of the athletes' potential in new types of the program, where a shortened distance is associated with an increased number of shooting ranges.

Conclusion. The leaders of the overall World Cup standings do not have an imbalance towards one of the types of training. The winners of the overall World Cup standings have a "speed place" and "shooting place" ranking at the level of the top fifteen.

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