Anastasia Kuleshova was a dark horse in skiathlon at the Russian Championship, because the skier simply could not recover initially, the senior coach of the Russian national team told . Yuri Borodavko .
On Sunday, Kuleshova won the skiathlon of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cross-Country Skiing Championship in Malinovka, covering 20 km in 57 minutes 23.8 seconds. The second place was taken by Alina Pekletsova (+12.7 seconds), the top 3 was completed by Lidiya Gorbunova (+1.07.3).
— The dark horse of the race was Nastya Kuleshova, because she had a long journey and today’s race was preceded by other starts. Maybe she just didn’t have time to recover, but as we can see, she’s in excellent shape. Alina Pekletsova is getting back into shape, fought seriously and deservedly received a silver medal.
— Is Alina Pekletsova unique in any way?
“He is a talented young athlete from whom we expect results in the future.” She is 19 years old, next year she will still race in the junior category. Chepalova, Vyalbe and Egorova played at this level in their time. I would like to hope that Alina will become a brilliant leader.
— Did the fact that Veronica Stepanova performed poorly today surprise you?
— Yes, of course, I want leaders to be more efficient and consistent. But something happened to Veronica or fatigue built up. It was clear that she did not have the sharpness and speed that we observed at the Spartakiad in Tyumen,” Borodavko told .
The Russian Championship in the Arkhangelsk region will end on March 24.
On Tuesday, the tournament will feature classic-style events. Watch live broadcasts of the races on the TV channels “” and “Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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