Alexander Selyaninov Biography

Alexander Selyaninov told about his victory to a special correspondent of the Sports Information Agency “All Sports”. I went to the start with a clear plan: to start calmly, regardless of whether I will lose or win. It was important to correctly distribute the forces in the distance, because there is a height and if you start immediately quickly, the body may not withstand. In addition, I am tall and do not like to run on top.

In general, it was necessary not to force the events, but in the last circle, somewhere three kilometers before the finish, to the end, to give all its strength. Well, I laid out - so much so that after the finish it even became bad. The help of a doctor was needed. I can’t get used to such finishes - I have been “dying” more than once in the last meters. But here it was necessary to make blood from the nose, since the competition is very serious.

At least in my life there were no such ones - this is generally my first international start. In general, I did everything right, and the coaches very competently ran me along the highway. Somewhere five kilometers before the finish, they told me that the Japanese who started later, runs two seconds faster. I honestly did not expect this from the Japanese, Sergei Malyshev from Kazakhstan considered his main competitor.

But the main thing is not, the main thing is that the correct distribution of forces on the highway allowed me to add to me at that moment. As a result, I won the Japanese finish more than AI seconds. It was my fastest running at this distance. ” Therefore, there were no surprises at the distance for me, although it must be said that it is quite complicated - there are few descents, many small lifting.

So, there is practically nowhere to relax on it, it was necessary to work all the time. But such a victory is worth it. I can imagine how my parents, teachers, friends rejoice at home now! When I left here, they all wished me victory. But I did not want to guess anything - I was afraid to frighten off luck. And even now I will not relax, because there are two more races ahead, including a relay.

In general, it is nice that in our city of Velsk, I became the first Olympic champion, albeit in a youthful category. We had a cool skier, a master of sports of international class, European champion Nikolai Fokin, unfortunately, he died five years ago, and there was no Olympic champions. Like, however, the participants of the Olympic Games. ”