The head coach Russian team cross-country skiing Yuri Borodavko in a conversation with , he said that the Russian skier Alexander Bolshunov proved his level, having managed to win the victory in difficult conditions.
Bolshunov won the 15 km freestyle time trial at the Championship Heights competition in the Arkhangelsk region, he covered the distance in 35 minutes 56.8 seconds. Second place was taken by Alexey Chervotkin, who lost 6 seconds to the winner. The bronze medal was won by Ivan Yakimushkin, who lost 20.4 seconds to Bolshunov.
– In today’s race there was quite a high competition, a struggle, a dismantling in the final stage. Ivan Yakimushkin showed phenomenal speed and moved from sixth to third place, snatching 0.1 seconds from Artem Maltsev. Aleksey Chervotkin, who took second place, has not shown such good results for a long time. Bolshunov confirmed his class and his level by winning the race in difficult conditions.
– Was the ski slope difficult today?
— Yes, the conditions are not the best.
– Chervotkin and Maltsev are now in better shape?
“I wouldn’t say they reached the top. We see that they are recruiting, we hope they can show their best results at the Russian Championship.
On Thursday, the women’s relay race will take place as part of Champions Heights. Watch the live broadcast from 10:40 a.m. Moscow time on and Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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