MOSCOW, February 6, Pavel Levkovich. Alexander Bolshunov showed an incredible result in skiathlon at the Olympic Games in Beijing, said the Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Alexander Legkov. Bolshunov won the skiathlon and brought the Russian team the first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Russian covered the distance of 30 kilometers in 1 hour 16 minutes 9.8 seconds. This is the first gold medal for Alexander Bolshunov. «Considering how Sasha's summer preparation was not very good, there were difficulties in the season, something incredible happened today! We are all extremely happy with the whole country that Alexander now has Olympic gold. We did not expect such dominance, we looked at the race and how it would develop. The first distance of the men was great for us. I don’t want to talk about the chances for the rest of the race,» Legkov said. At the moment, the Russians have four awards at the Olympic Games — one gold , two silver and one bronze.
