On March 7, the day of classic races of XV Rostec International Demino Ski Marathon started near Rybinsk. The winner of the gold race 50 km, Beijing Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov, will again enter the Demino course.


Today's sports program includes a baby marathon for beginner skiers, 2 and 5 km races for future athletes, a ten-kilometer race, in which age restrictions were lifted for the first time this year, and a 25-kilometer silver race of the Rostec Demino Ski Marathon. During the day, about 1,500 participants will take to the Demino course - from preschoolers to pensioners.

In the year of the Rostec anniversary of the Demino Marathon, 200 beginner skiers aged 4 to 8 years old started skiing, and all the slots for this skiing discipline were reserved long before the start.


Beginning marathon runners were greeted by the stars of Soviet skiing, Olympic champions Nikolay Zimyatov and Alexander Zavyalov.


Among the young marathon runners is the son of the bronze medalist of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver Nikolay Morilov - Daniil and the children of the silver medalist of the 2014 Olympics, three-time world champion Nikita Kryukov - Maxim and Veronika. As well as the son of the bronze medalist of the 2010 Olympics Natalya Korosteleva and the children of two-time Olympic biathlon champion Anna Bogaliy.

After the race, each young participant received a special gift - a soft bear in a branded Demino marathons T-shirt.


The competitive day of the classic races of the XV Rostec Demino Ski Marathon will continue with starts at distances of 2, 5, 10 and 25 kilometers. Three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov, 2010 Olympic medalist Nikolay Morilov, and multiple winner of the Demino Marathon Super Cup Maxim Cherezov will take part in the silver race.