Olympic champion Veronica Stepanova confidently won the race in the classic style at the stadium of the Alfa-Bank Cup of Russia for cross-country skiing in Kirovo-Chepetsk, but the three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov won a difficult victory, the Russian national team coach told Yuri Borodavko .
Stepanova showed a result of 14 minutes 21.5 seconds in the 5 km race. Anastasia Kuleshova (+14.1) finished second, Elizaveta Pantrina (+31.0) closed the top three.
Bolshunov ran 10 km in 25 minutes 35.0 seconds. Alexey Chervotkin took second place with a delay of 1.9 seconds, and Ilya Semikov (+11.4 seconds) closed the leading trio.
“The races come one after the other, some feel a little better, others feel less well. It’s good that the athletes on the podium change, it adds interest and excitement, including among the athletes themselves. Veronica (Stepanova) confidently won today.
The guys had a different race, Bolshunov snatched victory from Chervotkin, the gap was just over a second. Alexander’s difficult victory. In general, everyone was happy today, there was a serious fight, the athletes tried, fought, showed their level,” Borodavko told .
Source : MatchTV
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