Russia won a brilliant victory with a clear advantage in the ski relay at the Beijing Olympics. This was announced to RBC Sport by the former head of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov.
“Brilliant victory with a clear advantage. At each stage they showed their maximum. I am especially happy for Sergei Ustyugov, who did not do very well at this Olympiad. As far as I know, he was going to leave the sport. I think after such a brilliant performance, he will still remain. At least, I really hope,” Zhukov said.
Russia overtakes China in the medal standings of the 2022 Olympics The last time Russian athletes took gold in this discipline was at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. In subsequent years, Russian athletes won silver medals in the 4x10 km relay four times (Sarajevo-1984, Calgary-1988, Sochi-2014 and Pyeongchang-2018).
The Russian team won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 10 km ski relay at the Beijing Olympics. Alexey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov and Sergey Ustyugov ran as part of the Russian team. They covered the distance in 1 hour 54 minutes 50 seconds.
The second place was taken by the Norwegians with a backlog of 1 minute and 7 seconds. The French finished third, losing 1 minute and 16 seconds.
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