Skier Savely Korostelev told he enjoyed playing on the same team as the three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov However, for your own progress, you must regularly compete with him.
Korostelev and Alexander Bolshunov, competing for the first team of the Arkhangelsk region, won the team sprint at the Russian Championship in Malinovka, with a result of 18 minutes 10.4 seconds. Second place was taken by Ilya Semikov and Ermil Vokuev (Republic of Komi-1, lag – 4.7 seconds), bronze by the first team of the Republic of Tatarstan (Ivan Gorbunov, Sergey Ardashev; +8.0 seconds ).
— Is it better to run with Bolshunov in the same team than to compete with him?
— Running with San Sanych is a pleasure. Because he is the best. But you still have to run against him to become your better self. In team races, we must not let ourselves down and, perhaps, play a leading role.
— When you work as a team, does he give you advice based on his experience?
– No. Basically, we feel and run. At most we will discuss a few micro-moments. We talked about passing the baton, but that’s it. As we feel, we run.
— Did you have any concerns before the race because of his state of health?
— If Sasha goes to the race, then everything is fine. The man is a professional. If things go badly, he won’t come out,” Korostelev told .
The Russian championship takes place at the Malinovka ski center in the Arkhangelsk region from March 16 to 24.
Watch live broadcasts of the competition on and Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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