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Were announced today the names of the Russian cross-country skiers will take part in the Tour de Ski in Oberhof off on December 28.
Wednesday 25 December 2013 3 minutes reading time
The game will be nine women and nine men. As expected, the only Alexander Legkov and Ilia Chernousov, at least among the most representative cross-country skiers, will present at Oberhof, specific training program ahead of Sochi instead Vylegzhanin for Maxim and Yulia Tchekaleva, as well as specialists in the sprint.
These are the names of the eighteen athletes taking part in the Tour de Ski.
Women: Irina KhazovaJulia TikhonovaOlga KuziukovaPolina MedvedevaMaria GuschinaJulia IvanovaLarisa ShaidurovaPolina YarmoshinaAlevtina Tanygina
Men: Alexander LegkovIlia ChernousovPetr SedovAlexander UtkinKonstantin GlavatskikhSergey TuryshevAndrey LarkovEvgeniy BelovStanislav Volzhentsev
Russia has dominated the last edition of the Tour de Ski, which was won by Alexander Legkov with Maxim Vylegzhanin third; Legkov, who in his career he also won two stages (5 km classic technique of Dobbiaco and climbing the Cermis, both in 2012) , is preparing to defend his title with a high chance of success given the numerous packages of the most formidable adversaries.
As for the female sector, Russia has collected a single stage victory with Natalia Korosteleva (sprint in Prague on 4 January 2010). No final podium instead of the former Soviet Union, which this year, deprived of their leader Yulia Tchekaleva difficult fight for the top positions, at least for the final classification.
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