Olympic medalist in speed skating Olga Fatkoulina said that at the Chelyabinsk Cup she wanted to run alongside her young athletes.
The Summer Cup in Chelyabinsk took place on August 22-23. Fatkulina won the 500 and 3000 m distances at the first start of the season. At a distance of 500 meters, she showed a result of 39.12 seconds. At 3000 m – 4 minutes 42.88 seconds. Before the start of the tournament, Fatkulina told that she would act in Chelyabinsk as a “playing” coach of the Chelyabinsk speed skaters.
Anastasia Altukhova, Arina Krylova, Polina Chesnokova, Varvara Turova, Valeria Evsega train under the guidance of Fatkulina.
— I haven’t led the troika since 2009. I run it because my young athletes run, I want to show that I am with them. Over the past ten years, I have not done more than four laps alone. And here it is, seven o’clock! Panic! My buttocks are shaking, to put it mildly. I started with this, I ran the all-around, “Fatkulina told .
Fatkulina is a sprinter by specialization; in recent years she has not competed at distances exceeding 1,000 meters. She starts this season as a “player” coach.
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