MOSCOW, February 12 German skier Sophie Krehl said that on the last lap women's relay at the 2022 Olympics, she tried to get some rest, following the Russian Veronika Stepanova, but could not, because the Russian was too good. On Saturday in Beijing, the Russian women's team won the relay at the 2022 Olympics. Yulia Stupak ran in the first stage, Natalya Nepryaeva in the second, and Tatyana Sorina in the third. Stepanova was the finisher. The German team took second place, the Swedes became third. «It was a novelty for me to start in front of the Russians. I wanted to take my time at the start, I thought that maybe Stepanova would come earlier and get ahead of me, but it happened on the second lap. Then I I tried to rest behind her, but she was too good — in the end, I only did what I could,» Krel quotes the official website of the Games. as soon as possible. This (winning a medal) is really important, because this is a good result not only for the whole team, but also for the coaches, for the team of servicemen. They will all be happy that we can celebrate some good event, «added the athlete .
