Russia (bbabo.net), - Prize-winner of the World Cup stages in speed skating Artem Arefiev, who failed to compete for medals in the 500m race at the Beijing Olympics, said that he himself had missed his Olympic dream.
- The race turned out to be disgusting, the time showed terrible, but for such a run the seconds turned out to be cosmic, - Arefiev said in a conversation with reporters. - I was ready for more, I showed crazy seconds in training, but I could not realize it. We have many experienced athletes in the team, record holders and world champions, but the Olympics is a debut for everyone. But the Games are something completely different. Nobody was ready for this, apparently. The fact that I am the best of the Russian team does not mean anything now. I just feel like a dream has been taken away, despite the fact that I missed it myself.
In the final protocol, Arefiev became the seventh. World Championship medalist Viktor Mushtakov took ninth place, world champion Ruslan Murashov - tenth.
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