MOSCOW, January 16, Oleg Bogatov. Two bronze medals of Russian athletes at the championship Europe have become a major success and encouraging ahead of the Beijing Olympics, said Pavel Shcheglovskiy, head coach of the Russian bobsleigh team. Nadezhda Sergeeva took third place in the monobob competition on Saturday. Pilot Rostislav Gaytyukevich and accelerating Mikhail Mordasov became bronze medalists in the twos competition. The European Bobsleigh and Skeleton Championship, combined with the final stage of the World Cup, takes place on January 15-17 in St. Moritz (Switzerland). The Olympics will take place on February 4-20. «We expected that one of our athletes would show a high result and break into the top three,» Shcheglovsky said. «And the fact that we won two bronze medals at once was a great joy for all teams. Because two medals at the European Championships is a result that we have not achieved for a long time. I note that Gaytyukevich and Mordasov showed the best starting time twice, and Sergeeva — the second and third results at the start. And the passage of athletes along the track was also good» .
