Olympic cross-country ski champion Sergei Ustyugov said that during the sprint race at the Spartakiad of the Strongest, many athletes were “gesticulating” and hitting each other with sticks.
On Friday, Ustyugov finished last in the classic-style sprint final in Tyumen, losing more than 14 seconds to the winner. Alexander Bolshunov . The second was Sergei Ardashev third – Alexei Chervotkin .
— I looked at our neighborhood. Damn, it seems to me that people are running very hard. He cuts, does things you shouldn’t do, hits sticks. I always tried to run carefully. And here, somehow, everyone is so aggressive that apparently everyone wants to win. I talked to the guys at the race, they also say that one way or another everyone is making gestures,” Ustyugov said in a video on the Telegram channel.
The Spartakiade ski tournament takes place from February 9 to 18.
On Saturday February 10, the men’s and women’s skiathlons will take place. Watch the live broadcast of the women’s start from 8:05 Moscow time, the men’s start from 11:05 on TV channels “”, “Match! Arena” and “Match! Planet”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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