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Skier Ustyugov: “I won’t go to the deputies. I’m a truth-bearer!”
Sergey Ustyugov / Photo: © REUTERS / Lindsey Wasson
Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Sergei Ustyugov said on Match TV that he would not engage in politics at the end of his professional career.
– When they tell me: “if you finish, you will go to the deputies,” I answer that I can’t there, I’m a truth-teller. Because I’m telling the truth,” Ustyugov said on the air of the Special Reporting program on Match TV.
The 30-year-old athlete also spoke about the difficulty of staying motivated while preparing for the Beijing Olympics.
– When I was preparing for the Olympic Games, there was a turning point with Petya Sedov. We went to prepare in Toblach, and the main group went to the Tour de Ski. I understood that I had three races at the Olympics, and I failed several times. Petya kicked me out to training. I say that I can’t look at the skis, my disgust was unreal.
There were thoughts of ending a career after the Olympics 80% to 20%. 20 said run, and 80 – why, for what? It seems that there are World Cup medals, an Olympic award, too, not a personal one, a relay race. Win the World Cup, I still don’t believe I can. I’m not young anymore, injuries are making themselves felt.
The wife said: “Run for a year, get high, having fun. We can handle it,” Ustyugov said.
Ustyugov is the owner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing as part of the men’s relay race, and the skier also has two victories at the World Championships.
Source: Sportbox
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Johannes Dahle-Sevdahl / Photo: © Alexander Hassenstein / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Norwegian biathlete Johannes Dahle-Sevdahl won the pursuit race at the fifth stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.
Dale-Ševdal made one mistake on four firing lines and covered the 12.5 km distance in 30 minutes 23.9 seconds.
The second place was taken by the Frenchman Eric Perrault (lag – 4.9 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was closed by the Swede Martin Ponsiluoma (+7.5 seconds; 4 misses).
The leader of the overall World Cup standings, Italian Tommaso Giacomel, finished fifth (+8.5 seconds; 5 penalties).
The next stage of the Biathlon World Cup will be held from January 22 to 25 in the Czech city of Nove Mesto.
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Natalia Shevchenko became the first in the large mass start at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Demino (Yaroslavl region).
Shevchenko made one mistake on four shooting stages and covered the 12 km distance in 32 minutes 43.7 seconds. Tamara Derbusheva took second place (lag – 7 seconds; 0 misses), rounding out the top three was Victoria Slivko, who was 11.6 seconds behind the winner and made one miss.
The next stage of the Russian Cup will take place from February 26 to March 1 in Zlatoust (Chelyabinsk region).
Watch live broadcasts of the tournament on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Yaroslav Konkin won the big mass start at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Demino (Yaroslavl region).
Konkin made one mistake on four shooting stages and covered the 15 km distance in 36 minutes 17.6 seconds. The second place was taken by the representative of Belarus Maxim Vorobey (lag – 6.8 seconds; 1 miss), the third was Karim Khalili (+12 seconds; 2).
The women’s big mass start will begin at 14:00 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 13:50 on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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