Skier Ivan Yakimushkin said the Championship Heights competition is not a world championship, no matter how much you would like to see it in Malinovka.
“Champion Heights” takes place these days in Malinovka (Arkhangelsk region), the competition is an alternative to the world championship taking place in Slovenian Planica. Earlier, the President of the All-Russian Skiing Federation, Elena Vyalbe, speaking on , called the Malinovka competitions a real world championship, and the Slovenian tournament an alternative.
– In general, what can you say about Champion Heights, how about the beginning – were your expectations justified?
– For Russian competitions, this is a step forward, compared to what one would see if the main group was at the World Cup, and here the Cups of Russia and some simple All-Russian competitions were simply held . It is therefore a step forward. Yes, it’s not the World Cup, no matter how much we would like to see it here. This is still an internal Russian debut. Yes, with very tough athletes, very strong competition. We see in the races that there is a very tight fight, which is felt, but we always want to compete with the strongest. Whether you win or lose, then you understand your state, your form. You understand your position in the world, – the correspondent of transmits the words of Yakimushkin.
Yakimushkin at the “Champion’s Heights” became the third in the 15 km race with a separate start in a freestyle.
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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