Olympic cross-country ski champion Veronica Stepanova successfully copes with the task of dominating the Russian team, said the silver medalist of the Games Alexander Panzhinsky on .
On Thursday, Stepanova won the 10 km freestyle race with a time trial at the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Kazan. The second was 18-year-old Alina Pekletsova, 39 seconds behind Stepanova, the third was Elizaveta Pantrina (+46.3 seconds).
— Stepanova is also a machine, just like (Alexander) Bolshunov! At first she didn’t gain much, but then she started to speed up. Some athletes were covered in sweat. Veronica gradually opened up. He sets himself the goal of gaining 30 seconds on his rivals in order to reach the world level. Today, she has exceeded this goal.
Pekletsova is expected to run shorter distances at her age. But since she declared herself a competitor to Stepanova, she has been trying to compete. It was not clear how to distribute forces. Depending on this, there were also “swings”. It is important for the public that there is a “swing”, we do not know where the scale will swing. For Alina, the beginning of adulthood occurs. We wish her to maintain her youthful enthusiasm and health so that she can continue to open up, and we have witnessed the emergence of a new star,” Panjinski said on the air of the show “ Everyone for the match!” on .
On Saturday, January 13, sprint races between men and women will take place at the Russian Cup stage in Kazan. Watch the live stream of 10:10 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. (Moscow time) on the channel, the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV
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