YABULI -- Russian showed its dominance in cross-country skiing here on Friday by sweeping top places in both men's and women's freestyle events of the 24th Harbin Winter Universiade.
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Gold medalist Aleksey Tchernousov (C), silver medalist Sergey Turychev (L) and bronze medalist Konstantin Glavatskikh of Russia celebrate after the men's 10km free individual cross-country skiing finals at the 24th World Winter Universiade in the Yabuli Ski Resort, 195km southeast away from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, February 20, 2009.[Xinhua] |
Aleksey Tchernousov crossed the line first in the men's 10 kilometers race in 27 minutes and 10.1 seconds to lead a Russian sweep of top four finishes.
Sergey Turychev came in second with 27:19.3 and Konstantin Glavatskikh clocked 27:46.6 to finish third, followed by Ilya Mashkov on 27:50.9
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Gold medalist Aleksey Tchernousov (C), silver medalist Sergey Turychev (L) and bronze medalist Konstantin Glavatskikh of Russia celebrate after the men's 10km free individual cross-country skiing finals at the 24th World Winter Universiade in the Yabuli Ski Resort, 195km southeast away from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, February 20, 2009. [Xinhua] |
The only non-Russian top five finisher was Ivan Drobyazko of Kazakhstan, who covered the course in 27:57.3.
Later on Friday, Russian women refreshed the record as Valentina Novikova led compatriots to a clean sweep of top five places in the women's 5 kilometers freestyle competition.
Novikova set a winning time of 15 minutes and seven seconds. Yulia Tchekaleva took home the silver with 15:17.7, followed by Anna Slepova on 15:18.4.
Home skier Wang Libo settled for the 11th finish with 15:55.4.
