The Chinese national team in short track is the main competitor of the Russians for Olympic medals at the Games in Beijing. This was announced to RBC Sport by the Olympic champion in speed skating and State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova.
“Our athletes are great fellows. Ivliev is a great fellow, we are proud of him. I'm happy for the short track, I'm worried about the skates. I hope that the skaters will have a medal today. So many skating rinks have been built in Russia for figure skating, hockey and short track that we need to develop this sport. The Chinese have made a serious bet on the short track, they are ready to take the entire podium,” said Zhurova.
She noted that short track speed skating is unpredictable "even compared to biathlon". “It is difficult to climb the podium when you are without a friend in the final,” added the deputy.
Russian short track skater wins silver at the 2022 Olympics Russian Konstantin Ivliev took second place in the 500m short track speed skating at the Beijing Olympics.
The victory in the race was won by the representative of Hungary Liu Shaoang with a score of 40.338. Ivliev gave him 0.093 seconds. Third place went to Canadian Steven Dubois (40.669).
Another Russian, Pavel Sitnikov, made it to the final B, where he finished second, losing only to two-time Olympic champion from China, Wu Dajing.
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