Beijing, February 12, Sergey Fuks. Coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team Yury Borodavko jokingly said that the men's and women's teams didn't put much effort during the winning relay races at the Beijing Olympics. On Sunday, Russian skiers Alexei Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov and Sergei Ustyugov won gold medals in the 4 x 10 km relay. The Russian national team for the first time in its history became the winner in this discipline at the Olympic Games. On Saturday, Russians Yulia Stupak, Natalya Nepryaeva, Tatyana Sorina and Veronika Stepanova became Olympic champions in the 4×5 km relay. line-up. There were no strong disputes. The options were approximately equal. Is it possible to relax already? We didn’t really strain ourselves! Now is the time to rejoice and take stock, but in a day there will be new competitions, a team sprint, again everyone will join the fight. Now we have to have fun from the second victory in the relay. It's worth it — we have eight Olympic champions in two days! «, — Borodavko told reporters. «Why (Johannes) Klebo did not try to catch up? Maybe he really looked at things and at his condition? We don't care at all. We have the strongest team in the world in terms of selection. Every generation we tried, but not always succeeded. Now we have some great guys. Let's hope that they came for a long time. The girls in the relay had some teams that were weakened, but we had victories even before that. The Norwegian team was considered the favorite there, but we had a different opinion on this matter,» Borodavko said.
