Russian Speed ​​Skating Championship 2021

The Russian Speed ​​Skating Championship in sprint and classic all-around events has come to an end in Irkutsk at the Baikal Ice Palace. The last in this competition were the medalists of the "classics". The winners and prize-winners were awarded by the governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev and the executive director of the Russian Skating Union Varvara Barysheva.



Among women, after the first day of the competition, Evgenia Lalenkova from the Vologda region (wife and ward of the recently famous Angarsk speed skater Evgeny Lalenkov) was in the lead. On Sunday, she won both distances (1,500 and 5,000 meters), thereby securing an overall victory in the all-around. Silver was won by Elena Eranina (Moscow region / Vladimir region), bronze - Elena Sokhryakova (Krasnodar region / Ivanovo region). The fate of gold in the men's classic all-around was decided during the final discipline - the 10,000 meter race. Daniil Aldoshkin from the Moscow Region took the lead in the “speed skating marathon” and won the highest award in the final standings. The silver medal went to Yegor Yunin from Moscow, who was leading up to that moment. The bronze medalist was Alexander Podolsky from the Moscow region.



“After holding the Russian Championship at this level, we are quite ready to claim the right to host international competitions up to the World Championship,” noted Igor Kobzev. - We have all the necessary conditions and opportunities. In addition, this will serve to further popularize speed skating in the Irkutsk region.



- Of course, this is the best speed skating championship of the country in Russia! - says Varvara Barysheva. - The organizers managed to create a real holiday atmosphere for everyone - spectators, athletes, judges. The hard work was done during the two competition days, but it was worth it.