THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT.
Alexander Bolshunov won the ski marathon at the Olympics. Second place went to another Russian – Ivan Yakumushkin. Norwegian Kruger finished third.
The fifty-kilometer distance was reduced to 28.4 km. The reason is a strong wind and a rather strong frost. That is, “concern for the health of athletes” was shown. This is the first such case in the history of the Olympics. Ours, and not only them, were very dissatisfied. Immediately there was talk that this gives additional chances to Johannes Klebo, who was not considered as a favorite for 50 km. It is unlikely that the organizers were guided by precisely these considerations, but, of course, all this radically changed (“the marathon” turned out to be shorter than for women), although at the same time “the conditions were the same for everyone.”
Klebo, however, by the middle of the race was “staggered” with arrhythmia – constant jerks taken by one or the other athlete, because it was clear that he could not be brought to the finish line. Johannes left the race 8 km before the finish line, realizing that nothing else was going to happen to him.
By this time, a leading group of ten people had formed, in which there were four Russians. Three athletes have already rolled to the finish line, which played the medals, but Bolshunov had no competitors in this dispute.
Source: Rosbalt
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