Bolshunov Andrey Yakovlevich Biography

From the fall to the victory: the skier Bolshunov stunnedly performed in Sweden and he did this at the stage of the World Cup in the Swedish Falun. On Friday, January 29, the current owner of the World Cup and the leader of the general offset, Alexander Bolshunov won the race with a separate start of 15 km free style. He overcame the distance in 32 minutes 33.3 seconds. And on Saturday, January 30, Bolshunov achieved a second victory in a row, becoming the first in the mass start of a classic style of 15 km.

From the start of the Bolshun race, he kept in the head of the group, in the second half of the distance during the descent, his compatriot Ilya Poroshkin and British Andrew Masgrave fell right in front of the Russian, as a result of which he did not have the opportunity to go around the blockage. Sasha fell on the descent, after which he took a place, but managed to return to the number of leaders and at the finish of ahead of his fundamental opponent, three -time winner of the Olympic Games and world championships from Norway Johannes Klebo and his compatriot Paul Golberg.

Masgrave and Ilya Poroshkin rode in front of me, they either caught on or encountered, and I had nowhere to go, my skis clung to them, there were no options. I had a different tactic in front of the race, but because of the fall it did not work, ”the athlete on Match TV told. Unlike Natalia Nepryaeva, who broke his hand in this highway when falling in a Friday race, he escaped Bolshunov.

He managed to quickly move from the end of the peloton to a leading group, made a jerk and left the rivals. Only one Holberg managed to stay, and then Klebo drove up to them. A well -deserved victory, ”said the coach Bolshunova Yuri Borodavko. Alexander Bolshunov finished with a result of 35 minutes 16.3 seconds. Alexander again entered his name in the book of records.

According to the International Sports Federation, Bolshunov became the third skier after Bjorn Dali and Vladimir Smirnov, who managed to win four personal races in a classic style. But the athlete is only 24, emphasizes FIS. He walked in a leading group, but because of the fall he missed the Norwegians forward and finished the race on the fifth line in the final protocol.

And in the relay, as a result of the Bolshunov conflict with Finn Yoni, the Russian national team was deprived of a reward and disqualified. In the finish, the Finn prevented the Russian skier from overtaking himself, Bolshunov caught his skiing, lost his pace, dismissed his opponent with a stick, and after the finish crashed into him. The senior trainer of the Penza region and the PSU team for skiing, Deputy Director of the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of PSU Alexander Lutkov, who oversees Alexander Bolshunov, when the athlete is engaged in Penza, clarifies that the Finnish racer provoked the incident: the Finn opposed the fences, actually blocked Sasha.

" Lutkov explains, if our skier had calmly finished, then representatives of the Russian national team could file an official protest for Finn's actions. He calls Bolshunov unsuccessful actions, but emphasizes that everything happened on emotions and it is difficult to condemn Alexander in this situation. From the side of the Finn, it was ... Well, I can’t name the lawlessness, but from the side of sports, and not sports, ethics, he acted very badly.

” Subsequently, the Russian apologized to Finn, but remained with his opinion that the latter was not in the framework of the rules.

Emotions sometimes overcome, adrenaline and anger can force a person to act incorrectly. It is good that he finds the strength to apologize in himself, ”TASS said after the Friday victory of his son Alexander Bolshunov Sr. Psychological stability returned again, mood. We understand what is happening and how, what to work on the world championship, ”said Borodavko.

The fourth place was taken by Sergey Ustyugov. Ustyugov's lag amounted to 2.97 seconds. Alexander Bolshunov fell on the descent of the insidious route and could not go through the qualifications. The graduate Ekaterina Smirnova finished in an individual race. Alexey Chervotkin starred from the racing due to an injury after falling in training. After the 8th stage in the overall standings, Alexander Bolshunov further strengthened the leadership of the points.

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