Aleksey Tchernousov, last relay for another superb Russian victory
It was again a superb sunny day in Yabuli but with a really cold and changing wind.
These conditions were very hard for the Cross Country skiers competing in both Men and Women’s relay.
Russian team reached the top once again. Indeed, during the Men’s relay, Konstantin Glavatskikh, Egor Sorin, Sergey Turichev and Aleksey Tchernousov gained the gold medal. They took the lead after the second relay (they had two classical relays and two free relays). Egor, Sergey and Alexey, just put the fire on the track. They were simply too strong as they managed to cross the finish line with a gap of more than two minutes! Japan took the bronze medal and the Czech Republic finished third.
The women’s race started with a big battle between Yulia Tchekaleva from Russia and Bettina Gruber from Switzerland during the first and only classical relay. The Russian machine began to work during the second relay. Indeed, Marina Chernousova took the lead and kept it till the last relay. Valentina Novikova finished the race with 57 seconds of advantage. Ukrainian girls finished second and France took the bronze medal thanks to the fantastic last relay of Pauline Caprini.
The Ski Jumping competition ended today with the team K90 event. Organisers had to postpone the event several times because of the wind but finally they had a chance to make it and the competition could take place in good conditions. Once again, the Koreans, the Austrians and the Germans were the strongest on the hill. The Koreans took the gold medal thanks to their regularity.
Alpine skiing competition continued with the Men’s Giant Slalom. The Swiss skiers are in a very good shape here in Yabuli. Indeed, they took another gold medal today, thanks to Dimitri Cuche. Twelve skiers finished the first run in the same second so the second run was very open. Dimitri started this second run ranked sixth. With a perfect race performed without any mistake, Dimitri was able to win. Ryuunosuke from Japan finished second and Jonathan Midol from France (who was first after the first run) took the third place.
The K90 team podium
Today’s results in PDF
Alpine skiing- Giant slalom-Men
Cross country, men’s relay, Russia: Gold, Japan: Silver and Czech Republic: Bronze
Cross country, women’s relay, Russia: Gold, Ukraine, Silver and France: Bronze
The Men’s Giant Slalom podium