MOSCOW, August 13, Oleg Bogatov. Titled Russian skeletonist, Olympic champion 2014 of the year Alexander Tretyakov said that in the near future it is unlikely that an athlete will appear who can beat the record achievements in the number of victories at the World Championships, Europe and the World Cup of the retired Latvian Martins Dukurs. Two-time silver medalist of the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Games 38-year-old Dukurs Friday announced the end of his professional career. The athlete is also a six-time world champion, 12-time European champion and 11-time World Cup winner. «I have known Martins since 2002. He is a great athlete who has won so many victories in the World Championships, European Championships and World Cups in his career ( Dukurs has 60 wins.) And I don't think there will be an athlete who can beat his record soon. He has all the titles except for one, the title of Olympic champion. Martins really wanted to win gold, at the Games in China he had every chance for this, but he could not win. I think it broke him, and he decided to end his career, «said Tretyakov.
