Medalist at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Ekaterina Aldoshkina told that the women’s mass start is more “dirty” in wrestling than the men’s.
Aldoshkina combines performances in short track speed skating and speed skating. At the Russian Speed Skating Championships in Irkutsk, she won four gold medals.
— For some reason, the mass start in speed skating remains an incomprehensible story for many. Do you feel comfortable in it?
— It’s similar to short track racing, but there’s also an interesting difference here. Short track is a contact sport, but you can earn a contact penalty there, and speed skating at most distances is a non-contact sport, but there is such a contact fight in the mass start! Rivals allow themselves to be pushed, held back, pushed in one way or another physically. There is a bit of nastiness in the mass start.
— Some photos of the women’s World Cup mass start look like they’re dressing up as Bosch!
— I think the guys run cleaner, in the women’s mass start, as I saw in broadcasts of international competitions, there are more dirty moments. I wouldn’t allow myself to grab someone’s leg or hand. In short track speed skating this can be seen in South Korea, but they face a penalty for it. In women’s speed skating with a mass start, this often goes unpunished,” Aldoshkina said in an interview with .
Source : MatchTV
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