“Twenty years have passed like a day, as if it were yesterday” – Borzakovsky on winning the 2004 Olympics

Olympic 800m champion Yuri Borzakovsky told that twenty years since his victory at the Olympic Games have passed for him like a day.

On August 28, 2004, Borzakovsky became the Olympic champion in the 800 meters in Athens.

On Tuesday, the gala show “Crystal. August. Winter in summer.” The show competition was held in five sports: biathlon, bandy, skeleton, luge and speed skating. In the competition among stars, Borzakovsky took second place. The first was biathlete Nikolai Kruglov, the third was skier Alexander Panzhinsky.

– The emotions are the most amazing! Many thanks to Kolya Gulyaev and his entire team for the invitation to the show “Crystal”. It gets better and more interesting every time. I advise everyone to try skating. It’s an indescribable experience! All the guys have only positive emotions. We enjoyed it and gave a real show to all the spectators.

— Would you participate in such races again?

– Certainly. I always support the Skating Federation and all the other federations. We are all friends. Thanks again to the Skating Federation.

— Wednesday marks the twentieth anniversary of your victory in Athens. How do you feel?

“These twenty years have passed like a day, as if it were yesterday.” It’s good that they remembered it and gave me a cake. I didn’t know, it’s a big surprise for me. “I almost shed a tear,” Borzakovsky told .

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