Beijing, Feb 12, Sergey Fuks. Coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team Egor Sorin said that five kilometers is the crown distance of the skier Veronika Stepanova. On Saturday, the Russian women's team won the relay at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Yulia Stupak ran in the first stage, Natalya Nepryaeva in the second, and Tatyana Sorina in the third. The finisher was Stepanova. «The Germans were not surprised. We knew that they had a strong team. The distances are interesting because it is impossible to say who will run these five kilometers better. Stepanova can show a good ten, but we knew that the sprint was too much for her short discipline, where a lot depends on luck, which she lacked before. And five kilometers is her signature distance. We were just preparing her for the sprint and the five. From the outside it seems that everything was easy, but there were many experiences. a month before the Games, they were not sure about her form. One problem after another appeared. But thank God that they were able to let her down in good condition,» Sorin told reporters.
