Olympic short track speed skating champion, 2022 Games silver medalist in speed skating Ruslan Zakharov told he competed in the classic all-around for the first time in his career at the Russian Cup in Chelyabinsk, noting that he was happy to see spectators at competitions.
Zakharov at the Chelyabinsk stage won the classic all-around.
– The first time I raced the eventing, it was the beginning, it was not easy. It was nice to be on the podium, it’s like a preparation stage for the main start. It’s a pity that Daniil Aldoshkin and Sergey Trofimov did not compete, but the guys and I also tried in Chelyabinsk to make the fight over the “top ten” more interesting, many liked it even more than the “five hundred”. I think the audience liked it too,” Zakharov told .
– Were there many spectators?
– There was a good opening of the competition – in Chelyabinsk they know how to do it, they generally like speed skating here. There were spectators, for the Russian Cup we can say that there were many of them. But, unfortunately, at the previous stage in St. Petersburg, for some reason, spectators were not allowed. Without spectators, it is not interesting. I asked why this was so, but the arguments did not convince me.
Source : MatchTV
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