BEIJING, February 18, Sergey Fuks. Two-time champion of the 2022 Games, skier Alexander Bolshunov jokingly stated that this season he did not plan to perform at the World Cup stages after the Beijing Olympics. At the Beijing Olympics, Bolshunov won the skiathlon, and also won the relay as part of the Russian team. The next stage of the World Cup will be held in Finnish Lahti on February 26 and 27. «As for the World Cup stage in Lahti, I don’t know, I probably won’t go. Then (to the remaining stages of the World Cup), maybe I won’t go either. Olympic Games — this is the main start, and you don’t have to run further,” Bolshunov said. After the Games, five more stages of the World Cup will take place. The final of the tournament will be held in March in Tyumen. The leader of the overall standings is the Norwegian Johannes Klebo, the current owner of the large Crystal Globe Bolshunov is in second place.
