Skier Ivan Gorbunov after the sprint of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship in Malinovka, he told that the competition circuit was comparable in difficulty to the European level.
Gorbunov won silver at the Russian Championship in the sprint, losing 0.11 seconds to the leader. The three-time Olympic champion won Alexander Bolshunov , covering the distance in 3 minutes 13.49 seconds. Won bronze Sergei Ustyugov (+0.96).
— Quite a difficult lap, lots of turns. Looks like European level towers. So it’s really very difficult. I am 95 percent satisfied with myself.
—Did it not bother you that many athletes fell today? Especially in the context of the recent history of Sochi.
– No. I didn’t think about it at all.
— What do you think about most during a race?
— About my daughter and my family. It helps. I don’t think about the race during the race. I get distracted just so I don’t have to concentrate on the race. It distracts me, it helps,” 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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