Representative of St. Petersburg Evgeniya Krupitskaya who took third place in the women’s 50 kilometer marathon at the Russian Championship in Apatity, told after the finish what she had learned from a recent mistake changing skis during a a tournament in Tyumen.
The victory in the last women’s race of the season was taken by more than a minute Natalya Nepryaeva . Won second place Maya Yakunina .
– How did you distribute the pairs of skis in today’s race?
– I started with a cold, changed to a warm, after all, today is a sunny day.
Did you hear the fans on the track?
– Honestly? Not at all, I was driving and thinking about racing. I saw only Lisa Eremeeva (the winner of the junior 30 km marathon, which took place on Thursday – Approximately “”) with a bottle of food, thanks to her for her help.
– What was in the bottle?
– I diluted isotonic before the race. Carbohydrates, caffeine – nothing special.
– And after?
– In the evening, I leave by train to return to Saint-Petersburg. Rest and recover.
– In a recent interview with , Elena Vyalbe singled out you among the young athletes who have made the most progress this season. Good?
Thanks, I’ll keep working. Coaches know best, our job is to train.
– At the Russian Championships in Tyumen, you became sixth at a distance of 30 kilometers, but received a disqualification. What conclusions did you draw from this?
– I was punished for inattention: when changing skis, I got into someone else’s box. Now every time I check the numbers on the right and left.
– Which part of the distance today was particularly difficult?
— The whole race was not easy, at the end of the season, you feel tired. Here, everything started quickly, then the final disassembly arrived. On the final five, young Arina Kusurgasheva began to break up the group. We rushed after her. Well, in the last finishing climb, I already had to shoot. Nepryaeva? Without options, after changing skis 15 km before the finish line, she immediately made a ‘hole’, we couldn’t catch her,” Krupitskaya told .
On Sunday, a 70 kilometer men’s marathon will take place in Monchegorsk, with which they will end the ski season.
The federal television channel broadcast live all the main cross-country competitions of the season in Russia, including Alfa-Bank of the Russian Championship, Champion Heights and the stages of the National Cup.
Source : MatchTV
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