Last Sunday's took place the 2017 edition of the Russia Cup in Voronovo, near Moscow.
20km men
The victory went to Vasiliy Mizinov (RUS) in 1.23.18.
Mizinov (born on Dec. 29, 1997) then still U20, has on the distance a personal best of 1:21.48 established in Cheboksary (RUS) on June 10, 2017 at the Russian Championships.
Second place to Ivan Kakayev (RUS), also he U20, in 1:24:57.
Kakayev also has a personal best of 1:22:16 set in Cheboksary (RUS) on June 10, 2017 at the Russian Championships.
Third place to Andrey Tryapkin (RUS) in 1:25:24, which equals his personal best set in Cheboksary (RUS) on June 10, 2017 at the Russian Championships.
Twenty-five athletes at the start of which 20 completed the test and 5 DNF:
It is interesting to note that the top four are all in the U20 category.
20km women
The victory went to Tatyana Mineyeva (RUS) in 1:34:56.
This performance is quite far from 1:31:42 with which she won at Ostrava in 2011 the U23 European Championships and then was canceled for doping.
Second place to Nadezda Sergeyeva (RUS) in 1:35:46.
She is also far from his personal best (1:29:57) obtained in Sochi (RUS) on Feb. 27, 2016 in the Russian Winter Championships, but as far away from the season best of 2017 (1:31.48) always obtained in Sochi (RUS) on Feb. 18, 2017 at the Russian Winter Championships.
Third place to Yekaterina Lyubushkina (RUS) in 1:36:58 representing the new personal best (previous of 1:37:19 obtained in Sochi (RUS) on Feb. 18, 2017 at the Russian Winter Championships).
Eleven athletes at the start of which 10 completed the test and 1 DQ.
35km men
The long-distance men's race took place on 35km.
The victory went to Aleksey Kudashkin (RUS) in 2:34:36, which, in addition to the personal best of the athlete, is also the seventh world performance of 2017 on this unusual distance.
Second place to Aleksandr Aysabakiyev (RUS) in 2:39:24.
Third place to Maksim Vakhrushev (RUS) in 2:43:23.