Official ceremony marking the end of the career of the World Speed Skating Championships medalist Evgenia Lalenkova took place on the first day of the Russian Single Distance Championship in Irkutsk.
Lalenkova announced earlier, in an interview with , her retirement.
— Lalenkova is already officially recognized as an active athlete, but we hope that she will stay in speed skating for a long time.
— What was the atmosphere like on the first day of the Russian Championship? Are there any fans in the stands?
— Unfortunately, not as much as we would like. Sunday afternoon, frost, all that played a role.
— How would you evaluate the results at 500 m?
— More than valid results. Daria Kachanova holds the ice rink record! The ice cream is of very good quality. According to Belarusian athlete Anna Domoratskaya, who today showed the second result, this is now the fastest skating rink in Russia. Good quality ice is always nice,” Nikolai Gulyaev, president of the Russian Skating Union, told .
Source : MatchTV

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