The women’s 10 km freestyle race, which was included in the Strongest Spartakiad 2024 program, ended in Tyumen.
Anastasia Kuleshova won the race. He covered the distance in 26:11.9 seconds. Olympic champion Veronika Stepanova came second with +8.1 seconds. Maria Istomina (13.4 seconds) completed the top three.
The Spartakiad of the Strongest will be held from 9 to 18 February 2024 on the territory of the five constituent units of the Russian Federation. 2,500 of the country’s best athletes in 14 Olympic winter sports will participate in the competition.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
So, in the spring of 2022, the International Ski Federation (FIS), on the recommendations of the IOC, decided to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until the end of the season. This decision was later extended. Russians compete only in local tournaments.
Previously Vyalbe statedthat he did not want to offend skier Stupak with words about the problems in his mind.