Mass start victory at Russian Championship will give Olympic medalist more confidence Anastasia Kuleshova said the president of the Russian Skiing Federation Elena Vyalbe .
Kuleshova won the 30km mass start at the Russian Championships, covering the distance in 1 hour 37 minutes 23.8 seconds. Maria Istomina, who took second place, was 13.3 seconds behind Kuleshova. The bronze medal was won by Anastasia Prokofieva (+1.21.5).
– Nastya Kuleshova won such a victory for the first time since her return. Happy for her?
– It would be Masha, Nastya, Sveta, Maya – for me there is no such thing that I will be happier for someone or less. This win will give Kuleshova more confidence. Victory in the Russian championship, of course, gives confidence. I’m so sorry that she made such a mistake back then and tried to leave. I think she certainly understands it herself, but time can’t go back.
— Were there any surprises today?
– With the exception of Alenka Baranova, everyone who runs long distances, they were in the lead. Katya Smirnova didn’t make it today. Apparently fatigue has affected or just isn’t tuned to this race. A person gets tired, we are not robots, we have a serious program. And Smirnova fought for victory here in every race, ” correspondent reports in the words of Vyalba.
“” shows the Alfa-Bank Russian championship in cross-country skiing. Watch the live broadcast of the men’s mass start on Sunday on the federal channel “” and the channel “Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. The broadcast starts at 8:40 a.m. Moscow.
Source : MatchTV
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