Senior coach of the Russian cross-country ski team Egor Sorine said that at the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Kazan the track was technically difficult, and Elizaveta Pantrina forces poorly distributed at distance.
On Thursday, Pantrina took third place in the 10-kilometer time trial at the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup, losing 46.3 seconds to winner Veronika Stepanova. Second was Alina Pekletsova (+0.39). Pantrina trains in Sorin’s group.
— Have you adjusted your preparations for the competition taking into account the freezing weather in Kazan?
“We only trained in this weather.” On the contrary, today is perhaps the hottest day of the last week. Athletes know how to run in the cold perfectly, there is no need to teach them this. This is a quite difficult and specific circle, the first part is difficult and the last two kilometers are largely flat, where you have to work quite powerfully and the athletes have to position themselves correctly. Liza paid us a little with a fast start, she was not enough in the last two kilometers,” reports the correspondent, Sorin’s words.
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Source : MatchTV
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