Ivan Bragin, personal trainer of the Olympic champion Sergei Ustyugov told “” that in all his years of work he had not seen any skier achieve such a confident victory in the 50 km race performed by Ustyugov at the Russian Championship in Tyumen.
Ustyugov won gold in the classic 50km mass start at the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship on Sunday, ahead of second-placed Alexei Chervotkin for 1 minute 21.5 seconds. Three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov became the third.
– It was a phenomenal race, I enjoyed it immensely, as I think many fans in Russia and abroad did. In my career, I do not remember such races when a skier in a 50 km marathon from the first meters ran into the gap and held the lead to the finish line. Congratulations to Sergey for the victory. Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our sports school, it is very good that Sergey gives us such gifts.
Ustyugov deliberately prepared for the Russian championship, he held it at a decent and high level. Somewhere it worked, somewhere it wasn’t enough, but you have to draw the right conclusions and correct the mistakes, the rest will come. The main thing is to practice,” Bragin told .
will broadcast the final stage of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Cup, which will take place in Kirovsk from April 7-9.
Source : MatchTV
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