Today, February 18, 2016, in Lillehammer (Norway), the third competition day was held in the framework of the II Winter Youth Olympic Games of 2016. Athletes competed in the individual race for 5 and 10 km free style.
Ama Yakunin (Russia, Kaluga region) won among the girls with a result of 12 minutes and 58 seconds, the second finished Chi Chunxue (China) +31 seconds, the third place in Rebecca Immonung (Finland) +37 seconds. The second Russian woman Yulia Petrova finished the 24th.
Maya Yakunina.
1 39 3486519 Yakunina Maya 1998 Rus 12: 58.8 71.98
2 4 3125082 Chi Chunxue 1998 CHN 13: 29.9 +31.1 103.93
3 25 3185716 IMMONEN REBECCA 1998 FIN 13: 35.9 +37.1 110.09
4 30 3506105 HAGSTROEM JOHANNA 1998 SWE 13: 39.5 +40.7 113.79
5 40 3195250 Chamiot Maitral Laura 1998 FRA 13: 40.0 +41.2 114.30
6 38 38 3565090 Mandeljc Anja 1999 SLO 13: 40.4 +41.6 114.71
Among the young men won Magnus Kim (Republic of Korea) with a result of 23 minutes and 4 seconds, the second place at the Weborn of Bheal (Norway) +16 seconds, the third became Russian Igor Fedotov (Republic of Mordovia) +54 seconds. The second Russian Yaroslav Fishchkin (Moscow) finished the sixth.
Igor Fedotov.
1 41 3320185 Kim Magnus 1998 KOR 23: 04.8 59.03
2 50 3423388 Hegdal VEBJOERN 1998 NOR 23: 20.8 +16.0 68.27
3 44 3482865 Fedotov Igor 1998 RUS 23: 59.2 +54.4 90.46
4 45 3423291 Larsen Thomas Helland 1998 NOR 24: 03.6 +58.8 93.00
5 46 3690108 ORLYK ANDRII 1998 UKR 24: 13.4 +1: 08.6 98.66
6 42 3482668 RYBOCHKIN YAROSLAV 1998 RUS 24: 17.1 +1: 12.3 100.80
Maya Yakunina is 500 meters to the finish.
Igor Fedotov.
Igor Fedotov (44) and Yaroslav Fishchkin (42).
From the first kilometers of the distance, it became clear that the main struggle for the medals would unfold between Kim and Laugh. For the third place was a stubborn struggle to the very finish line - Fedotov, Larsen (Norway) and Orryuk (Ukraine) went within 10 seconds all distance. The Russian started before his rivals, but managed to take advantage of information from the coaches and kept the third place.
Press Service FLGR
Today in Izhevsk (the Republic of Udmurtia) at the Ski Stadium named after Galina Kulakova started the III Winter Games of Youth of Russia.
On the first day of the competition, young athletes 19-20 years have come out at a distance of 5 and 10 km with a free style. Won these races Kaluga Skier Maya Yakunin and the representative of the Tyumen team Ivan Yakimushkin. We bring to your attention a report from the scene.
It is worth noting that the Distance for Junior The organizers prepared very serious. The right 5-kilometer circle was overwhelmed with long and fairly cool lifts (there were 6 pieces) and very fast descents. And although the weather and, correspondingly, the ski access was not the fastest, junior speeds showed very high: the winner time is 13 minutes 00.1 seconds!
Maya Yakunina recently returned from the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer with two gold medals (she won gold in this discipline - in the race 5 km free style and in the combined relay, where she also fled to the free style), in which young athletes 1998 participated -2000 births. And it was allowed to participate in the youth sports department to address the leadership of the FLGR, as well as several more athletes. On the situation in the current sports day, juniors take part - that is, athletes are 19-20 years old. And from the very first start, Maya showed its high class at its rowed skate distance. 
At the distance of Maya Yakunin, first place.
True, the leader from the very first meters of the Mayan distance did not. A long time racing asked Anastasia Rygalina, representing Moscow. But the group of the strongest, focused on her result, was able to add in speed.
Anastasia Rygalina.
Following her, Ekaterina Smirnov's race was pretty quickly led, representing the Republic of Mordovia and the Republic of Mari El.
Ekaterina Smirnova, second place.
Already quite soon, Lydia Durkina from St. Petersburg came to the leaders. Most of the distance she walked with the best result. And if it were not for an annoying fall on the penultimate descent, the top three winners of the current race could look somewhat different.
Lydia Durkina, third place.
The Yana Brick Kirpichenko, which started after Lydia, tried to keep up with his girlfriend in the Junior team of Russia, together with which our athletes recently won bronze medals in the relay. Yana finished this race in a step from a pedestal, in the fourth position.
Yana Brickchenko,
Two more participants of the relay race - Polina Nekrasov, who recently winning the classic "dozen" at the Russian championship among girls 1998-1999, and Olga Kumoruk - remained in this race for a feature of the winners. However, their corona race is a classic sprint - tomorrow.
Polina Nekrasova (St. Petersburg).
Olga Kumoruk (Samara region).
Flower ceremony at juniors.
Juniors competed at the distance twice as long and fled along the same 5-kilometer circle, only twice. And the burden of leadership took over Andrei Alipkin, representing Moscow.
Andrei Alipkin.
His pace picked up his comrade on the Moscow team Yaroslav Rychchkin, who also participated in the youth Olympiad.
Yaroslav Fishchkin.
However, the later group of the strongest quickly captured the leadership. The first I encroached Andrei Dogarev for their result, representing the Novosibirsk region.
Andrei Dogarev.
Andrei Dogarev rushes to the finish.
And the Moskvich Ivan Kirillov fled faster faster. However, he stopped in a step from a pedestal, because his colleagues on the junior team Alexand Bolunov and Denis Spitov worked even more powerful. As well as training under the leadership of his father-coach Ivan Yakimushkin. All these four juniors recently won silver medals in the relay on the world championship among juniors in Romania.
Ivan Kirillov, Moscow. 
Alexander Bolunov, Bryansk region, third place.
Denis Spitov, Tyumen region, second place.
Ivan Yakimushkin, Tyumen region. first place.
The results of the junior rice can be viewed here.
She entered her name in the history of regional sports as the first Olympic champion in skiing.
The eleventh grader Maya Yakunin presented a gift to all the fans of ski racing, winning at once two gold medals at one of the most important international starts this year - the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, which ended in Lillehammer (Norway).
The young skier produced his first trophy in one of the first days of the competition. At a distance of five kilometers with a free style, she broke victory from his rivals with a huge margin, finishing with excellent time - 12.58.8, while Mais's rival, a skier from China Chi Chunxiue, lagging behind more than half a minute.
The second Trophy Maya Yakunin has won already at the stage of ski-cross, where, together with other members of the national team, left behind the Norwegians and Germans who became silver and bronze medals. Immediately after the successful speech of Kaluzhanka at the World Competitions, we managed to contact her on Skype and find out what the newly-made champion feels.
"I don't even know how to describe your emotions. I was very glad. Immediately after the start, I was met by the participants of our national team, everyone began to hugging me; Emotions were hushed up. These are indescribable impressions."
It is worth noting that Maya is training under the guidance of his father, Yuri Yakunin, on the basis of the Orlock sports school. As the athlete herself said, the main thing that helped win the victory on these complex competitions, is the support of people close to her.
"Dad supported me, all the time I was with me nearby. Mom and sister were constantly called and all, all relatives, friends too. It was and so that they just wrote me, congratulations, helped tune in to the race."
After such a shock speech, an athlete is in no hurry to relax, now she takes part in other competitions, already an all-Russian scale. After a week after returning home, Maya went to Rybinsk, where the Russian championship was held in the ski racing, in which athletes were attended by 17 - 18 years.
Despite the fact that Maya had health problems, she still managed to climb the highest step of the honorable pedestal and conquer the country's gold medal of the country's championship at a distance of 5 kilometers with a free style. According to the results of the country's championship, as well as the results of the competitions that were held in December 2015, Maya Yakunin was recognized as the best skier of the country in his age group, she managed to score 685 points. Thus, she was ahead of an athlete from Moscow Julia Petrov, who has 497 points.
But even after that, Kaluzhanka is not in a hurry to relax!
These days in the capital of Udmurtia continues the III Winter Games of Russia's Youth Ski Racing. This is one of the most popular starts this season. The next day the set of medals was played at distances 5 and 10 kilometers with a free style, where the gold medal of the competition won our pride - Maya Yakunin, leaving behind hundreds of rivals from other regions of our country.
According to the Chairman of the Federation of Ski Racing of the Kaluga Region, Nikolai Komarova, this is not the first and not the last achievement of Maya.
"At that moment, when I was informed that Maya received the Gold Medal of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, I was in the forest and shouted in the whole voice. It's very cool, they are greatly well done: and Maya, and its coach Yuri Mikhailovich. Now the whole region is now The whole area is burly, everyone talks about Maya, especially among the skiers only and hear: "Maya Well done!"
Maya is really well done! Labor, work and once again labor. She achieved her goal. I believe that this is not the first and far from the last victory. She has a serious potential, which means it will reach serious heights in sports. "
The Mayan Yakunin Skier is a two-time champion of the Second Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer (Norway) in the sprint 5 kilometers with a free style of girls and a combined relay in a two-chair.
The 17-year-old athlete from Kaluga Maya Yakunin told about the first race February 18 after the awards ceremony: "The race has developed successfully. The penultimate starter number has given the opportunity to control the situation. Coaches on the track reported all the necessary information, but I tried not to think about medals ahead of time. I decided: how will it be so. It was hoping today to get into the top three, but did not expect to win with such a big advantage.
We are accustomed to local weather and most importantly - to the snow. Here, in Norway, he is not like with us. Faster, or something. Before the ski racing was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics and swimming. And she graduated with honors from the music school for the piano. Now I study in the 11th grade. "
The head of the Russian ski team at the Games in Lillehammer Vyacheslav Vedenin Jr. told about the selection system to the team to the youth Olympiad: "Maya Yakunin won exactly the same race in Russia - and also with the advantage of half a minute. Yulia Petrov in the All-Russian competitions was the best in the sprint "classics", and here won a silver medal. The results show that qualifying starts for the skiers were chosen correctly. Today everything came out. And the skis rushed, and the form of Maja is good. Tomorrow, she will take part in the combined ski relay along with jumpers-two.
Maya Yakunina: "I tried to catch up with the rival from Slovenia as quickly as possible to simplify the task to other guys. I managed it, although I felt today not as good as yesterday. Accumulated fatigue. My opinion on the format of the mixed relay is immediately for three sports? In my opinion, such competitions are needed. First, they are quite spectacular - there were no time to be bored. And the main thing - such relays bring the athletes from different ski disciplines. For example, I have new friends today. Isn't it wonderful?! ".
Maya trains in the children's sports school "Orlock". Personal trainer athletes - dad, he teaches physical culture in the Bauman MSTU branch. In the near future, the young Kaluga athlete is a successful examination of the USE and admission to a physical cultural university. 
According to Maya, the Olympic athlete is needed, first of all, patience, purposefulness, faith in what can be achieved, about what you dream: "From the past competitions in Lilahammer, there are many strong impressions. On the youth of the Olympic Games that are only a second time , the most prepared athletes from different countries of the world came, so the struggle between them took place with a bigger. I most remembered the mixed relay on the northern combination, since it was necessary not just quick to run, but also to overcome various artificial obstacles - bumps, slides, jumps " .
In November 2013, at the age of 15, Maya became the most young Kaluga athlete who took part in the relay of the Olympic Fire Winter Games in Sochi. At the beginning of that year, Yakunin won the Junior Championship of Russia in ski racing. "I really wanted to carry a torch. I was already going to send a questionnaire to the site, and then I was informed that I would participate. This was for me a reward for sports achievements, "recalls Maya.