The Russian skaters started without gloss

The only medal — silver — was won for Russian Federation by the sprinter Angelina Golikov in the championship Europe on the sprint and classical all-round, come to the end on Sunday triumph of owners of ice on a skating rink "Tialf" in Herenvene (Netherlands). Winners in sprint all-round became Jutta Lirdam and Krol Thomas, and in classical — Antoinette de Yong and Patrick Rust. The Russian skaters started in Herenvena without the leaders Pawel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov and Denise Yuskov and acted, frankly speaking, inexpressively. The only noticeable achievement, apart from local splashes at separate distances...