MOSCOW, February 15 Russian skier Veronika Stepanova said goodbye to the Beijing Olympics , citing the ancient Roman emperor Julius Caesar. Stepanova won a gold medal in the women's relay at the Games in the capital of China. The Russian woman became the youngest Olympic champion in the history of cross-country skiing (21 years 39 days). She surpassed the achievement of three-time winner of the Games Russian Yulia Chepalova, who won the gold of the 1998 Olympics at the age of 21 years and 60 days. «Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I won — ed.)! Olympics, goodbye! I hope for a new meeting. Thank you all. And thanks for the motto, Julius Caesar! I also want to become the empress — skiing,» Stepanova wrote on her Instagram page. and mass start (February 20).
