Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Olympics: Russia vs Norway in the Relay – lineups, chances of winning, Ustyugov’s attitude
Russia vs Norway is the main battle of the Olympics. Ustyugov will give gold in the relay everything
Our skiers have not won a relay since 1980. The time has come?
Wow guys. Today we are waiting for the main battle of this Olympics. A real kill. War.
Forgive me, fans of figure skating, but the girls will not be so interesting. Our skaters are still head and shoulders above all. Not one wins, so the other.
Forgive me hockey fans. Russia – Canada will not go down in history until the team at the Olympics enters the compositions, far from the strongest.
But the men’s ski relay can become a take.
Russia and Norway will meet today. And for the first time in many years, it was our team that became the favorite of the great confrontation. In recent years, at the main competitions, the forecasts were practically indicative. They have such a deep composition and such top leaders that it is hardly possible to fight them.
But at the Beijing Olympics, the situation suddenly changed. In the development of cases of infection with coronavirus, and the local track, it seems, is not the best for them. So it turns out that Klebo communicates without the recent gloss, Golberg and Holund do not get to the medals, and all the rest are even older. Where is mighty Norway?
Russia has a much easier situation. They expected less from our skiers, but Bolshunov had already finally thrown off the silver curse with him and went abroad to knock down Klebo, and Spitsov beautifully got silver in the skiathlon. And in general, the whole team is really ready for this Olympics. As far as possible, physically.
Suddenly, it was Russia that became the favorite of the races. Not unconditional, of course, with a margin of storage. But this has never happened either.
Will fans’ expectations for gold be justified?
You can’t guess, you have to watch the race. The Norwegian women’s skiers in the relay definitely counted on a medal, but after falling to the first share, they did not succeed.
For rare people, the tactics for the relay are simple – they linger for an incentive, and the fourth is the case of Johannes Klebo – at 10 kilometers he can easily deal with everyone.
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Accordingly, Russia’s task is to escape. The first relay trio Chervotkin – Bolshunov – Spitsov has been rolling for quite some time. It is obvious that the main bet is placed on the second and third stages – here you have to break away. It will not work – write wasted. But if there is…
At the fourth event, Sergei Ustyugov runs. The same Ustyugov, who even before Bolshunov and Klebo destroyed the world of cross-country skiing. The same Ustyugov, who, without explanation, did not allow the 2018 Olympics. The same Ustyugov, who, after being used in the sprint, was unrealistically annoyed. He shows his own race tactically and was annoyed – he missed, they say, his main chance in these eight years.
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But no, not the main one. Elena Vyalbe and the coaches gave Ustyugov another one. This is a modern cinematic opportunity to end its existence beautifully, at least at the Olympics.
Of course, there are questions about Ustyugov’s candidacy in the relay. But no one will be ready for the relay better than Sergei. For him, this is the race of the whole, and he will turn inside out of life, give all his strength, all his life, in order to keep Klebo away from him. And if you manage to hold back the future, then he will become the hero of the country.
Countries that will rejoice at the first men’s relay victory at the Olympics in 42 years.
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