President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation Elena Vyalbe said she didn’t consider the 17-year-old’s second place finish Alina Pekletsova in a race with a separate start in the Russian Championship.
On Tuesday, Yekaterina Smirnova won the 10 km freestyle time trial at the Russian Championship in Tyumen. Silver went to Pekletsova, who lost 2.1 seconds to the winner. Third was Elizaveta Pantrina (+11.2).
— Pekletsova’s performance is the main sensation of today’s races.
– We know Alina, for us it is not a sensation. We expected her to be in the top six today. Alina is great! Even taking into account the leaders who didn’t start today, she would have been in the top six anyway. I have said many times that we have young guys and girls who will be our future, ” correspondent reports to Vyalba.
shows Alfa-Bank Russian Ski Championship (March 18-26, Tyumen region). Watch live broadcasts of the tournament on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. Watch the women’s team sprint on Wednesday at 8:40 a.m. Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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