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Finally, today at midnight Moscow time, our Russian skiers overcame the streak of bad luck!
In the cross-country sprint in the classic style, Nikita Kryukov and Alexander Panzhinsky brought us GOLD and SILVER, respectively!
It was a difficult race. Our guys literally had to fight for every centimeter to make their way to the final. Throughout all the stages, they barely managed to reach the final, where they faced three Norwegians and one Kazakh who had taken the lead.
And then came the final, where from the very beginning, our athletes subtly but surely took the lead, although the three Norwegians were right on their heels. Then Kryukov and Panzhinsky worked well together to prevent the Norwegians from taking the lead, occupying two lanes. By the middle of the race, they were confidently in the lead - Panzhinsky moved ahead, leading by several meters, while Kryukov was a little further back, fighting with the same Norwegians. Closer to the end, something went wrong at the turn, and the Kazakh and one of the Norwegians fell, thereby losing their momentum. And our athletes were already in the lead - Kryukov, anticipating an imminent victory, took a new turn and started to catch up with the leading Panzhinsky...
and both Russian athletes crossed the finish line almost shoulder to shoulder with a time of 3.63 minutes! The turn taken by Kryukov at the end literally allowed his ski to move ahead by a couple of centimeters and win the gold, but Panzhinsky was not upset, especially since his debut at the Olympics was so successful. And the Norwegian Petter Northug finished third, аж 9 seconds later.
Finally, our athletes broke through all the unlucky days, defeating the Norwegians - the undisputed favorites in this sport!
In the cross-country sprint in the classic style, Nikita Kryukov and Alexander Panzhinsky brought us GOLD and SILVER, respectively!
It was a difficult race. Our guys literally had to fight for every centimeter to make their way to the final. Throughout all the stages, they barely managed to reach the final, where they faced three Norwegians and one Kazakh who had taken the lead.
And then came the final, where from the very beginning, our athletes subtly but surely took the lead, although the three Norwegians were right on their heels. Then Kryukov and Panzhinsky worked well together to prevent the Norwegians from taking the lead, occupying two lanes. By the middle of the race, they were confidently in the lead - Panzhinsky moved ahead, leading by several meters, while Kryukov was a little further back, fighting with the same Norwegians. Closer to the end, something went wrong at the turn, and the Kazakh and one of the Norwegians fell, thereby losing their momentum. And our athletes were already in the lead - Kryukov, anticipating an imminent victory, took a new turn and started to catch up with the leading Panzhinsky...
and both Russian athletes crossed the finish line almost shoulder to shoulder with a time of 3.63 minutes! The turn taken by Kryukov at the end literally allowed his ski to move ahead by a couple of centimeters and win the gold, but Panzhinsky was not upset, especially since his debut at the Olympics was so successful. And the Norwegian Petter Northug finished third, аж 9 seconds later.
Finally, our athletes broke through all the unlucky days, defeating the Norwegians - the undisputed favorites in this sport!
ФЛУДОВСКИЕ ССЫЛКИ - конец бесполезным темам