Skier Daria Nepryaeva told that she and Lidia Gorbounova were not ready to fight for higher places in the team sprint in the classic style of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship.
Nepryaeva and Gorbunova, representing the first team of the Republic of Tatarstan, won bronze medals in the team sprint. Maria Istomina and Veronika Stepanova, representing the Arkhangelsk region, won.
– Of course, I wanted to fight for higher places, but objectively, today we are ready for bronze. It’s also very cool. And also a price. This is actually my first medal at this championship. So I’m very happy.
As for Lydia, the Spartakiad was also the main start for me, but I also wanted to get some kind of reward at the Russian Championship in the individual sprint race. I had to settle for fourth place, which is also very cool – after all, it’s also a high place. There will be races even further away. Let’s see how it goes.
— Do you think that the Russian championship did not go well enough if you still cannot win a personal medal here?
– No I will not. I already have a medal in competitions with the best athletes of our country, in such competitions. In principle, I am satisfied,” Nepryaeva told .
The Alfa-Bank Russian Championship takes place from March 16 to 24 at the Malinovka ski center in the Arkhangelsk region. Watch the live broadcast of the competition on and Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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