Three-time Olympic cross-country ski champion Alexander Bolshunov said that he did not pay attention to the fact that at the beginning of the individual race of the Russian Cup he lost to Savely Korostelev.
On Friday, Bolshunov won first place in the 15 km individual race in the classic style at the final of the PhosAgro Cup of Russia. Korostelev was 6 seconds behind the winner and took silver.
— Uphill racing, which is better: a mass start, as will be the case now, or a pursuit race, as before?
— You have to do the work in the current race and not think about what happened before. We have to follow new formats. It’s interesting in both directions.
— Did you use your highest speed during the race today?
– No, it’s a rather interesting place. The main thing here was to go at my own pace, which I did, especially since I had a pretty big defeat in the first play-offs, but then everything fell into place. In principle, the initial speed was enough to achieve victory.
— So there was no doubt about victory in those moments when you lost to Korostelev at the start of the race?
“I tried not to pay attention to it.” The circle here is quite difficult and the first cuts are not an indicator, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Bolshunov’s words.
On Sunday April 7, mass starts will take place during the Russian Cup final. Watch the broadcast of the women’s race on from 09:35 (Moscow time), the men’s race from 10:40 (Moscow time). You can also follow the progress of the races on the sites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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