“I put on the medal and went to bed, but I couldn’t sleep and I kept saying: ‘I’m an Olympic champion!’ — Elistratov on winning the Sochi Games

2014 Olympic champion in short track speed skating Semyon Elistratov On he admitted he couldn’t sleep the first night after winning the gold medal at the Sochi Games.

— The first evening, I put on the Olympic medal, took it in my hand and went to bed! I didn’t sleep that night. I just held it in my hands and said to myself in a low voice: “I am an Olympic champion!” I am an Olympic champion! — Elistratov said in the documentary “Sochi. 10 years later. Speed ​​Skating and Short Track” on .

Elistratov is the 2014 Olympic relay champion, bronze medalist at the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Games, 2015 world champion and multiple European champion.

Source : MatchTV

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