Olympic champion Veronica Stepanova On , she said that the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Kazan became a test for athletes after the New Year holidays.
On Thursday, Stepanova won the 10 km freestyle race with a time trial. The second was Alina Pekletsova third – Elizaveta Pantrina .
“Now I can say with certainty that I liked the track, because I won. Thanks to the fans, they were everywhere. It was interesting to compete with a snowmobile on the descent, I won! I achieved a lot, there were even times when I almost fell, but everything went well.
We checked how everyone spent the New Year, who ate how many herrings under a fur coat and Olivier. On January 1st at 9 a.m., I was already skiing. I encourage everyone to do it.
— How interesting is the program on the Kazan stage?
— Very interesting, I want to improve in skiathlon, even if there are small problems, but I want to compete more and more in races for which I am ready. I intend to broadcast the entire program here,” Stepanova said on the channel.
Later Thursday, the men will start the 15km freestyle time trial. Watch the show from 1:25 p.m. (Moscow time) on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV

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