In the past weekend, the usual Russian Winter Championships were also held in Sochi (RUS).
20km women
The race took place at 13:30 with a temperature around 7° C.
31 athletes participated.
Obviously as always happens in Russia the results were of high interest.
The victory went to Yelena Lashmanova (RUS) with a good time of 1:26:23.
Late with respect to the group of leaders, Lashmanova has recovered positions in the fraction between 5km and 10km.
She remained with Maria Ponomareva up to 15km and then detached it in the final.
These are her spit times
- 5km: 23.15
- 10km: 44:09
- 15km: 1:05:40
- last 5km in 20:43
Second place to Mariya Ponomaryova (RUS) in 1:27:11
Third place to Sofiya Brodatskaya (RUS) in 1:27:57
All the athletes have completed the race.
Sochi has rewritten the world season list of 20km women, which is shown below for the first 20 positions. At present, however, only the athletes Olga Yeliseyeva (ANA) and Yana Smerdova (ANA) can compete in international competitions.
20km men
The race took place at 11:30 with a temperature around 7° C.
31 athletes participated.
The race was a two-way fight, between Sergey Shirobokov and Vasily Mizinov.
Shirobokov, early leader at 5km and 10km, was reached by Mizinov at 15km.
These are the split times of Shirobokov and Mizinov
- 5km: 19:41 (Mizinov: 19:47)
- 10km: 39:20 (Mizinov: 39:23)
- 15km: 1:05:40
- last 5km in 19:52 (Mizinov: 19:53)
Victory then to Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) in 1:18:53
Second place to Vasily Mizinov (RUS) in 1:18:54
Third place to Kirill Frolov (RUS) in 1:19:49
Twenty-nine athletes completed the race, 1 DNF and 3 DQ
35km men
The race took place at 8:30 with a temperature around 7 ° C.
Only 9 athletes participated.
Easy victory for Sergey Bakulin (RUS) with a time of 2:24:53
These are the split times
- 5km: 21:13
- 10km: 42:14
- 15km: 1:03:19
- 20km: 1:24:20
- 25km: 1:44:50
- 30km: 2:04:48
- last 5km in 20:05
Second place to Dementij Cheparev (RUS) with the time of 2:28:58
Cheparev was together with Bakulin up to 20km when the latter detached him. At about 25km he was overtaken by Sergey Sharipov who remained in second position up to 30km. to be surpassed and detached in the last 5km.
Third place then to Sergey Sharipov (RUS) in 2:29:32
35km women
Russia also played its Winter Championships in the women's category on the distance of 35km.
Only 6 athletes at the start and five completed the race, while 1 DNF
Victory to Olga Shargina (RUS) in 2:48:13
These are the split times
- 5km: 25.11am
- 10km: 49:21
- 15km: 1:13:25
- 20km: 1:37:26
- 25km: 2: 01.10
- 30km: 2:24:33
- last 5km in 23:40
Second place to Nadezhda Mokeeva (RUS) in 2:53:35
Third place to Aleksandra Bushlova (RUS) in 2:58:16