Skier Ivan Gorbunov told that during Saturday’s sprint at the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship in Malinovka, he came closer to his season goal, beating the three-time Olympic champion Alexandra Bolshunova .
Gorbunov won silver at the Russian Championship in the sprint, 0.11 seconds behind the leader. The victory was won by three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov, covering the distance in 3 minutes 13.49 seconds. Sergei Ustyugov won bronze (+0.96).
After the race, representatives of the Tatarstan team lodged a protest against Bolshunov’s result because he had changed lanes at the finish, but he was not satisfied.
— Did you get closer to your season goal of beating Bolshunov today?
– I think so. Let’s see what happens in the next races. I cannot say today what is still missing.
“He didn’t feel well the day before…
“I don’t know if he felt bad.” I am not interested.
— A protest was lodged against the result, but it was rejected. How did you react ?
“I didn’t react at all,” Gorbunov told .
The Russian cross-country skiing championship takes place in Malinovka from March 16 to 24.
The skiathlon will take place on Sunday. Watch live broadcasts of the races from 9:35 am (Moscow time) on and Match! Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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