Biathlete Daniel Usov who won the sprint at the stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Murmansk, said that as a child he admired the Olympic cross-country skiing champion Alexander Legkov.
On Friday, Usov, 23, covered the 10 km in 25 minutes 38.6 seconds and made no mistakes. Second place went to Alexander Povarnitsyn (+4.2; 1 miss), the leading trio was completed by Eduard Latypov (+5.6; 2 misses).
— Who was your idol in your childhood and youth?
— Since I started cross-country skiing, my idol was Alexander Legkov. And now there is one left. There were no idols in biathlon.
—Have you ever met Legkov?
– Unfortunately no. Of course I would. I hope that winning here will allow me to get to know him, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Usov’s words.
Watch live broadcasts of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup races on and Match! Arena”. You can also follow the progress of the competition on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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