skier Maria Istomine after finishing the skiathlon at the Championship Heights competition in the Arkhangelsk region, she said she missed the sprint due to back pain.
On Saturday, Istomina took second place in the skiathlon, losing 1.9 seconds to Natalya Nepryaeva. The leading trio was closed by Anastasia Kuleshova (+11.9 seconds). On the eve of Nepryaeva also won the sprint, Istomina missed this start.
– I wanted to run (sprint), see what shape I was in, feel myself, give a good job of speed. But I had back problems, warming up for the sprint, I realized it was better not to start. I didn’t have much chance of winning a medal, ”reports the correspondent of , according to the words of Istomina.
“” shows the All-Russian competition “Champion Heights” (February 23 – March 5) and the Russian Ski Championship (March 18-26). Watch live broadcasts of ski competitions on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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