August 22-23, 2015 Ski Sport Centre Demino hosted the 7th Demino Cross-Country Cycling Marathon.
The marathon weekend
included an interval start 1000 m race, baby-marathon for children from 2
to 12 years old, main 70 km race, 47 km, and 25 km races.
A bright summer day
gathered athletes from 28 regions of Russia to compete together with
representatives from Belarus and Germany.
It was hot in the starting area: warm smiles, passion to win, great support from the spectators, and the course, hot under hundreds of wheels, - everyone expected an interesting struggle and memorable emotions. An inspiring children's choir greeted the athletes before the start.
It was hot in the starting area: warm smiles, passion to win, great support from the spectators, and the course, hot under hundreds of wheels, - everyone expected an interesting struggle and memorable emotions. An inspiring children's choir greeted the athletes before the start.
Well prepared and
marked cross-country course with interesting and difficult uphills and
fords, traditional pasta-party where the athletes could share their
experience and emotions, cheerful awarding ceremony - there was
everything that brings hundreds of people to Demino marathons every
year.
The results of the main
70 km race among men were unpredictable. Ivan Seledkov from Moscow
finished the first (2:35:17), one minute thirty seconds earlier than
Maxim Gogolev from Samara. Dmitry Zubkov from Kaluga was the third.
Elena Gogoleva from
Samara proved her absolute winner status once more this year with the
result 3:00:14. Only 11 minutes later, Nadezhda Malygina from Kaluga
crossed the finish line. Ksenia Chernykh from Moscow became the third in
the top three among ladies.
Demino was proud to have Olga Zaitseva, member of the Russian national biathlon team, Olympic Champion, as a guest. While her son competed in the baby-marathon, Olga shared her impressions about future construction of a biathlon shooting range in Demino:
-There are a lot of biathlon centers, but Demino has great accommodation and services, good facilities for training. Moreover it is close to Moscow. No doubt, a shooting range will be a plus. I think Demino has great perspectives.
Demino was proud to have Olga Zaitseva, member of the Russian national biathlon team, Olympic Champion, as a guest. While her son competed in the baby-marathon, Olga shared her impressions about future construction of a biathlon shooting range in Demino:
-There are a lot of biathlon centers, but Demino has great accommodation and services, good facilities for training. Moreover it is close to Moscow. No doubt, a shooting range will be a plus. I think Demino has great perspectives.
The Demino Cycling
Marathon is the second event in the Demino Marathon Cup that includes
the running half-marathon, and the International Demino Ski Marathon
Worldloppet on March 12-13, 2016