Eugeniy Dementiev: its possible to beat Northug even on the finish line!
Category: Russia
Eugeniy Dementiev
After the First cross-country World Cup Stage in Swedish Gallivare Olympic champion Eugeniy Dementiev from Russia told about his performance in relays:
I did well and skated with my own speed. I didnt want to ski second or third, cause wanted to do my race and didnt want my competitors to impede me. And there was no racer on my last leg who could make distance break. Possibly I made a technical mistake and lost speed in the last curve. It was possible for me to be the third, if there was no that mistake, but to beat Northug and Hellner this time was really impossible. Though its possible to beat Northug even on the finish line, for this you should be in the same form, as he, and even little more for comfort.
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