Head coach of the Russian mountain bike team Nikolai Krutilin admitted that he was unpleasantly surprised by the doping case of the European champion Alexei Medvedev .
Previously, the press service of the Russian Cycling Federation announced that Medvedev was disqualified for 8 years. Erythropoietin was found in his doping sample.
— The last time he came to the Russian championship, to the marathon. He is in Italy permanently. This sample was not taken in Russia.
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“To be honest, I’m very unpleasantly surprised, I don’t know what people expect,” Krutilin told .
Medvedev, 41, is the European champion in the marathon discipline, won in 2011.
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Source : MatchTV
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