Kostyukov: “The final of the Russian BMX Racing Championship proved to be worthy of the world level”

The head coach of the Russian BMX team, Pavel Kostyukov, believes that the final of the Russian championship in Saransk was held at the world level in terms of the intensity of the events.

In the Olympic discipline “supercross”, the titles of national champions were won by Yaroslava Bondarenko and Yevgeny Kleschenko.

– The finals were very interesting. Natalya Suvorova wanted to defend her title, she managed the start, but an unfortunate mistake at the first hurdle changed the balance of power – Yaroslava Bondarenko won a worthy victory. I was pleasantly surprised by Victoria Vaskova from St. Petersburg, who was seriously injured at the World Cup in Turkey several years ago, but returned to action and took second place. And I’m always happy for Svetlana Admakina when she manages to get on the podium in elite competitions.

For the men, the final turned out to be even more interesting. Evgeny Komarov blinked at the start, and Alexander Katyshev, who, on the contrary, did not have the best start, left him well, was very powerful in the lead, but made an unusual mistake at the first corner, and Evgeny Kleshchenko took over. lead. The final proved worthy of the world level. The plot was unpredictable, but that’s what makes BMX interesting: Every start is a new lineup, a new plot, Kostyukov told .