The Russian skiers for the first time for 42 years won Olympic Games gold in relay

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Chervotkin, Alexander Aleksandrovich Bolshunov, Denise Spitsov and Sergei Aleksandrovich Ustyugov won gold in ski relay from 4 stages on 10 kilometers at Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. Athletes passed a distance in 1 hour 54 minutes and 50,7 seconds. The second skiers from Norway came. They lost to Russians minute and 7,2 seconds. The third place was taken by team France — lag from Russians for a minute and 16,4 seconds. It is the first gold medal of Russians in ski relay for 42 years. In 1980 at the Olympic Games in American Lake Placid relay from 4 stages on 10 kilometers won Rochev Vasilii, Nicholas Serafimovich Bazhukov...