Double World Curling Champion Alexander Krushelnitsky commented on his participation in the Nornickel Curling Cup with his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova noting that he lost many years due to disqualification.
At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, Bryzgalova and Krushelnitsky won bronze medals in the mixed doubles competition, but were stripped of them due to meldonium found in Krushelnitsky’s sample. Alexander’s four-year suspension expired in February 2022, after which he resumed his career. Bryzgalova ended her career as an athlete in 2020 and switched to training with the national team.
— I was expelled at the top. I understand that I lost many years when I could have been at least at the top of Russian curling. Now we have to invent everything. But now I already have a daughter and I want to stay home longer. Let’s see. I have been back for a year now. The season was successful, with the men’s team we won the Russian championship in mixed doubles. I have long wanted to play with her (Bryzgalova) in the tournament, but she always refused,” Krushelnitsky told .
Bryzgalova noted that she has no plans to return to the Russian national team.
– If you go to a tournament, it’s great. Coming back to the national team – definitely not, I can’t imagine playing for another country. I wouldn’t be able to. If invited to the women’s team? Neither, – added Bryzgalova.
The international Nornickel Curling Cup tournament takes place from April 23 to 26 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka (Krasnoyarsk Territory). Teams from Kazakhstan, Serbia, Belarus and Russia compete in the discipline of double mixing.
Source : MatchTV
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