Beijing, February 13, Sergey Yaremenko. Skater Ruslan Zakharov said that the national team Russia, which showed the third time in the quarterfinals, is ready to fight for medals in the decisive races. Russian skaters on Sunday reached the semifinals as a race team at the Beijing Olympics. In the quarterfinals, the Russian team covered the distance in 3 minutes 38.67 seconds and showed the total third time. The national team included Daniil Aldoshkin, Sergey Trofimov and Ruslan Zakharov. The semi-finals of the race team at the Olympics will be held on February 15. The Russian team will perform in the same race with the Americans. «Thanks to the Chinese (who were in the same race with the Russians), they helped us. We saw them in the last laps. hard race emotionally and psychologically, but we have relieved all the tension. The day after tomorrow we will tear everyone! The result allows us to continue to fight for medals. Now everything is reset again. All four teams have a chance to win medals. If you calculate the chances, then 75%, which we will have a medal and 25% that it will be gold. Simple math,» Zakharov told reporters. «It is important for journalists that we are in the same race with the Americans. It makes no difference to us. All teams are equal. I hope that we will also catch up Americans like the Chinese today,» Zakharov added.
