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Norwegian and Swedish skiers will collaborate to overcome Kryukov
26 February 2013 года
Norwegian and Swedish skiers will collaborate to overcome Kryukov
Norwegian and Swedish athletes seek for the way to beat the strongest sprinter.

Russian Nikita Kryukov won two gold medals at the World Championships. He was unstoppable in the individual sprint then he won the team sprint competition with his teammate Aleksey Pentyukhov. Norway and Sweden lost the leading positions in the sprint competitions rest without gold medals.

- Maybe our countries, Norway and Sweden, might calloborate to beat the Russian athletes. We can go to the training camp together in summer and try to understand how to stop our competitors - said the leader of Sweden national team Emil Jonsson.

Emil Jonsson was very happy about his "bronze" in the team competitions, after his fourth place in the individual sprint race on Thursday. He supposes Russians is a serious problem on his way to the Olympic gold.

Source: Press Office of the Russian Ski Association



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