Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing Anastasia Kuleshova said she was trying to keep up with the Olympic champion Veronica Stepanova but at the end of the climb to the Russian Cup final, I felt a loss of strength.
The 10 km freestyle race was won by 18-year-old Alina Pekletsova, who achieved a result of 32 minutes 33.8 seconds. Stepanova took second place (lag – 48 seconds), Kuleshova (+1 minute 2.8 seconds) came third.
— How do you feel after the mountain?
– Great, everything is fine! The season is over for me, it’s very cool to end the season in such a sunny winter place. Thank you very much to all! The race was tough, but interesting. I competed with Veronica Stepanova, we walked together. I tried to follow her, but in the end I was still a little overwhelmed. But I am still very happy and satisfied with the past season.
I knew what to prepare for before such a race. I had experience climbing a mountain, so I had a rough idea of what it would feel like. If there is another difficult race here in the future, I will of course take part in it, ”the correspondent of reports, according to Kuleshova’s words.
The final of the Russian Cup in the Murmansk region ended on Sunday. Live broadcast of the races was carried out by the channel, as well as the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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