Skier Alexander Bolshunov won the sprint at the Russian Championships in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov won the gold medal of the Russian Speed Skating Championships on March 1. The competitions are held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

The winner's score was 3 minutes, 18.18 seconds. The silver award was taken by Egor Mitroshin, who was 0.10 seconds behind. Ivan Gorbunov rounded out the top three (+0.25).

The Russian Ski Racing Championship started on February 24 and will last until March 8. The program includes sprints, split—start races, skiathlon and relay races.

Bolshunov is a three-time Olympic champion, world champion in skiathlon, two-time World Cup winner and two-time winner of the multi-day Tour de Ski race.

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Alexander is only second in the overall National Cup standings.

The day before, the first Tatarstan national team won gold in the mixed relay at the Russian Ski Racing Championships in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The winners included Lidia Gorbunova, Alexander Bolshunov, Veronika Stepanova and Sergey Ardashev. The quartet finished with a score of 58 minutes and 58 seconds.

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