Luge World Champion and Olympic Medalist Tatyana Ivanova on the air of noted the weak competition in this sport in Russia.
On Wednesday, Ivanova won the gold medal of the Russian championship in the sum of two runs, showing the result of 1 minute 40.045 seconds. Silver went to Victoria Demchenko (1 minute 40.143 seconds), bronze to Daria Olesik (1 minute 40.564 seconds).
– I only competed at Vika [Демченко]. It seems to me that, on the one hand, it is interesting, on the other, it is sad, because in Russia there is very little competition in women’s luge. I wanted more girls to come into our sport, to be more assertive, more stubborn. ‘Cause if we leave now [из спорта], who will act in our place?! Ivanova said on .
The Russian Luge Championship was held in Krasnaya Polyana from March 7-8.
You can follow the progress of the luge competitions on the federal television channel , the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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