MOSCOW, Jan 23, Oleg Bogatov. European Championships in Switzerland was a good result against the background of a generally unsuccessful season, the result is encouraging before the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing, said the president of the Russian Luge Federation (FSSR) Natalia Hart. The Russians on Sunday became third in the relay at the European Championships in St. Moritz, combined with the final stage of the World Cup. Tatyana Ivanova, Roman Repilov and a two-seat crew Andrey Bogdanov/Yuri Prokhorov played for the team. The athletes of the Latvian national team finished first, the second — Germany. «The bronze medals won in the relay at the European Championships, of course, are very encouraging after such a rather unsuccessful season in general,» Garth said. I hope that these awards before the Olympics will inspire self-confidence in all the athletes of our team. The Olympics will be held on February 4-20, four sets of medals will be played in luge.
