Great advantage for the skier Alexandra Bolshunova against opponents in a race against time at the Khakassia Cup – a signal for other athletes, said the coach of the Russian national team Yuri Borodavko .
Bolshunov won the 10-kilometer race, 30.2 seconds ahead of second-place Sergei Ardashev.
— Bolshunov, who had not started for seven months and was recovering from a back injury in August, beat the second winner by half a minute! It turns out that he is head and shoulders above his competitors, although not all the best took part in the Khakassia Cup?
“Even though Sasha trained with restrictions, I can’t say his result surprised me. But of course there shouldn’t be such a big loss over a short distance. This is a signal for other athletes,” Borodavko said, as quoted by the official website of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).
From November 23 to 26, the village of Vershina Toi will host the first stage of the Russian Cup, which will include two time trials and a sprint.
— Will Bolshunov be fully prepared for the Russian Cup, the first stage of which will take place in Khakassia from November 23 to 26?
– Nothing will change. Bolshunov continues his training and rehabilitation work with therapeutic measures. But to maintain the functional conditions at the right level, you have to start. The main thing is that relapses do not occur and painful sensations do not return. We built the training process gradually. In skating, there are no such sudden movements as in “classic”, which could cause pain in the spine. If he starts on classic distances, the athlete will decide for himself, depending on his state of health.
— Did Terentyev, who won the classic sprint in the absence of Bolshunov, make you happy?
“This season, he and I have focused on priority performance in the sprint. He will participate in distance races to support his functional condition,” noted Borodavko.
Source : MatchTV
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