Russian skiers will soon return to World Cup stages, Olympic champion says Veronica Stepanova on .
Russian athletes have been suspended from competitions under the auspices of the International Ski Federation (FIS) due to the situation in Ukraine.
On Friday, the Arkhangelsk region team won the women’s relay at the Russian cross-country skiing championship in Malinovka. The team was represented by Stepanova, Alina Pekletsova, Maria Istomina and Svetlana Zaborskaya. They covered the distance in 53 minutes 31.8 seconds.
— The girls did an excellent job!
— When did you realize you could run away without waiting for the finish line?
— Elena Valerievna [Вяльбе] I have said more than once that I am an excellent relay athlete. I have proven it more than once. Today it was successful again. I tried to catch up in the first few meters, then try to escape. There could be no respite. Only in the way I understood was I able to open the castle of Elizaveta Pantrina. And learn all its secrets and win. A confident and clear victory.
On the second lap I went down the hill carefully. I had to stay standing. The periosteum is cramped. But everything was under control.
The sky is crying today because the Chechen Republic is coming to an end. The weather didn’t bother me at all. This happened at World Cup stages, for example in Dresden. This is what the weather is preparing for us: get used to it, guys, you’ll be back there soon, and there will be that slush again. But a warm meeting takes place only in Russia, it seems to me.
My coach and I will see how I feel if I have to go to the start line tomorrow (for the 30 km mass start), because there is a very tough fight for the general classification of the Russian Cup. There are still races left. It might be worth focusing on that.
The day before, the whole skiing and biathlon family attended the Russia-Serbia match (4:0). Congratulations to the guys on a devastating victory. But the match is friendly,” Stepanova said on .
Later on Friday, the men’s relay race will take place as part of the Alfa-Bank Russian Championship. Watch the live broadcast on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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