Sergei Kryanin, member of the Presidium of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR), told that Alexander Bolshunov after the first failure of this season, he can set a new maximum goal for next year.
On Tuesday, Bolshunov took ninth place in the classic time trial of the Alfa Bank Russian Championship. Before that, the athlete won 23 consecutive starts.
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The first place was taken by Ermil Vokuev with a result of 23 minutes 50 seconds. Second place went to Saveliy Korostelev (+15.7), third place to Alexey Chervotkin (+16.3). The gap between Bolshunov and the winner was 45.4 seconds.
“The loss of Bolshunov showed that people are not made of iron. When I was a candidate, we had such dependence that for one victory there were four or five defeats. You won’t be able to maintain the winning pace at maximum all the time: that’s physiology. Today Vokuev held on and ultimately won the race, but Sasha’s body, not being in the best shape, showed that it needed to recover.
On the other hand, Bolshunov’s loss is still good. This race showed that we have athletes ready to resist Alexander. In addition, Bolshunov himself has motivation for next year: to try to win all races of the season again,” Kryanin told .
The Russian Championship takes place in Malinovka from March 16 to 24. On Wednesday, March 20, the tournament will feature team sprint races in the classic style. Watch the live broadcast from 09:35 (Moscow time) on and Match! Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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