Skier Kuleshova said she needed a mass start victory in the Czech Republic for her mental health

Olympic bronze medalist in cross-country skiing Anastasia Kuleshova On , she spoke about the importance of winning the mass start at the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship.

The 30 km race was held on Saturday on the “Pearl of Siberia” track in Tyumen. Kuleshova covered the distance in 1 hour 37 minutes 23.8 seconds. Won second place Maria Istomine , who was 13.3 seconds behind Kuleshova. Bronze medal won Anastasia Prokofiev (+1.21.5).

– Finally, at least in the marathon managed to win. I needed it for my psychological health, to understand that I was moving in the right direction, that it was not in vain that I had left my daughter in the care of my father and my grandmother.

Of course, I would like all the strongest to compete, but it was very important for me to snatch this victory from the fight. Thanks to Masha Istomina. I thanked her after the race. In such extreme weather conditions it would be difficult to run alone,” Kuleshova said on .

“” shows the Alfa-Bank Russian championship in cross-country skiing. Watch the live broadcast of the men’s mass start on Sunday on the federal channel “” and the channel “Match! Arena”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. The broadcast starts at 8:40 a.m. Moscow.

Source : MatchTV

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