New biathlon shootin range

The training centre Králiky at the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica has a new modern biathlon shooting range. It was officially opened by the SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the Olympic winner Anastasia Kuzmina.

“The new shooting range will significantly contribute to the quality of preparation of our elite sportsmen and, of course, our young talents. I am glad we can provide the optimum conditions for the preparation of our biathlonists. Equally, the 5th Special Forces Regiment will be training there in the nearest future,” said Minister of Defence Martin Glváč on the occasion of the ceremonial opening. The amount of approximately EUR 220,000 needed for building the shooting range was provided by the SVK MOD and the process of building the same took three months. Training can now take place in the alpine conditions close to the cross-country skiing trails.

The Olympic winner Anastasia Kuzmina fired the first shots on a target, thereby launching the new shooting range into life. “I have supported the idea of building a new shooting range in the environment providing such high quality conditions for training. Now we have a full-fledged shooting complex that meets the international quality standards,” said our most successful biathlonist. “I do believe that after Nastiya Kuzminova brings home gold from the next Olympics and decides to finish her sporting career one day, she will bring up the young generation there to make the most of their talent,” added Head of the Defence Department Glváč.

“We support the concept of our sportsmen spending the most of their training time home, without having to bear the high costs during the away days. I view the building of the sports infrastructure as crucial and I do believe this trend will continue in Slovakia,” concluded Richard Galovič, Director of the Military Sports Centre Dukla.