Coach of the Russian national cross-country ski team Egor Sorine told that the double Olympic medalist Alexandra Terentieva the binding broke in the quarter-finals of the classic sprint of the second stage of the Russian Cup.
On Monday, Terentyev failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the classic-style sprint at the PhosAgro Cup of Russia stage in Vershina Tyoy (Republic of Khakassia) – he finished third in his race with a time of 4:12.03. This was not enough to achieve lucky loser status at this stage of the competition.
— Alexander’s failure to reach the final was definitely unexpected, because during the prologue he felt pretty good and should have confidently qualified for the semi-finals. But I lost my concentration a little on arrival. I was sure to calmly finish second, and so I relaxed a little, for which I was punished.
The main reason for his performance in the quarterfinals was a broken brace. In the middle of the circle, he flew away and stayed in place for a few millimeters. He couldn’t push with that leg. Alexander attempted to reach the finish line without losing his ski. It’s not entirely pleasant, but today such force majeure happened. It’s okay, we will continue to prepare,” Sorin told .
The second stage of the Russian Cup will end on December 4. On this day, mass starts of men’s and women’s freestyle (20 km) will take place. Watch the live broadcast from 5:55 p.m. Moscow time on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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