russian skier Sergei Ustyugov told that he left the incident with Alexander Bolshunov at the Russian Cup stadium in Krasnogorsk, expressing hope that what happened would not affect their relationship.
Bolshunov and Ustyugov at the stages of the Russian Cup this season have faced each other several times. At the Krasnogorsk stage at the end of December, during the free sprint semifinals, the skiers collided, as a result of which Bolshunov fell and shattered his face in blood. In addition, according to the three-time Olympic champion, as a result of the fall, he temporarily lost consciousness.
– I was very worried, because I know what injuries are, after that I thought how it would be less blocks. It’s unpleasant when you get up in the morning, something hurts you.
On the Tour de Ski on the “classic” I fell, I had to give up, the injury “comes out” from time to time. You have to run more carefully and not always “gesture”. They were harder on me, I tried to answer louder, but everything was fine. Then I analyze – I’m going down, did I have to slow down? Loss of speed. There are a lot of nuances there. Maybe for someone it will be a lesson.
Was this a lesson for me? No, I knew what had happened. You can fall painfully, then there will be (unpleasant) consequences. I didn’t want this fall, because there are guys who said: “Why didn’t you fall before?” I didn’t specifically say you had to stay a bit further.
It was no one’s fault, two stubborn people didn’t share the track. It was possible to give in to someone, to slow down. Enough to procrastinate this topic. Many different starts, skirmishes. In Krasnogorsk, everyone missed the final, this is the most offensive, they “chewed” this topic for a long time, and whoever ran in the final did not pay attention. Cross-country skiing has faded into the background, has developed a kind of conflict, as if it were almost a massacre. Forgot, past, move on.
What kind of relations with Bolshunov were there, and did they stay that way? I hope. I am not vindictive. But it’s a sports component, there’s nothing like that here,” Ustyugov told ‘s Loud show.
Source : MatchTV
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