Denis Yuskov. Great! Three-time! – SPORT EXPRESS

WORLD

26-year-old athlete has brought Russia first medal home World Cup .

Vladimir Ivanov
Kolomna

Become a champion of the world – a big deal. Millions of people around the globe every day, go to sleep and wake up thinking about it. For this they blissfully work in training, ruin health, limit themselves to the usual human pleasures, sacrificing his own life. However, only a few reach the top. Of these, only the chosen few can defend their title. And those who won the world championship three times in a row, automatically transferred to the rank of great athletes.

Among them, such as Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Alexander Karelin, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Svetlana Khorkina and Sven Kramer. But such superstars as Yelena Isinbayeva and Alexander Popov won three consecutive world title and failed. What can we say about the others. What to skate, even legendary Jeremy Wotherspoon and Shani Davis ever win at his favorite distance “only” two years in a row.

And here is a simple Russian guy Denis Yuskov sly already won his third title. In 2013, it is quite a sensational victory in Sochi, in the last year, “butchered” all in the city of Heerenveen skating world, where brought closest rivals almost 2 seconds and is now delighted the spectators Kolomna. And in recent years, so Denis staked the 1500m, his victories are perceived as self-evident. “It’s Yuskov” – shrugs elite athletes, including legislators skating events – Dutch

<. span> In Russia, around a person three times champion of the world is not much excitement. Many of his name at all about what does not speak. Although the fate of sports Yuskov to interesting rarity. Already on the juniors he set a scattering of national records. On the European Youth Games 2007 has won two gold and two bronze medals. This was followed by an invitation to the main team.

In February 2008, he arrived at the ill-fated junior championship of Russia . Taken on its doping test was positive for marijuana. As is known, of any influence on the result after the use of the question. That is why in 2013 WADA virtually eliminating it from its list (permissible bar was raised so that the athlete if desired could smoke even on the day before sampling). Here are just Yuskov once went with a vengeance.

For the initial four months of disqualification added four more … of the year. Ostensibly because of certain aggravating circumstances. Someone wrote some anonymous letters to the Russian Skating Union (TFR). And nobody wanted to understand. And he did not. That’s the hope of the Russian sports slapped on the full. The true underlying reason as it turned out later, was that Yuskov did not want to move from working with him, Yuri Petrov to the “right” coach. Moreover, the personal tutor had the imprudence to speak about their desire to enter the coaching staff of the team, to be able to take care of Denis.

after only three and a half years, under the new leadership TFR, he received amnesty. Few people paid attention, in October of 2011 he was on the first start – Russian championship – won the race by 10 000m, however, it was a major victory for the athlete.. Unfair punishment, not only did not break it, but also tempered, made even stronger. Already six months later on his debut world championship Russian won the bronze medal in the race team and took a high sixth place in the 1500 meters And that was in 2013 -. You know

It was another bitter disappointment in the fate Yuskov. Fourth place at the home of the Olympic Games in Sochi favorite lorry. Describe how it is a shame – unnecessarily. The first months for Dennis were a blur. At the beginning of the next season, he showed the results for four seconds inferior to his personal record. He later acknowledged that it was for him like a betrayal. That’s just to rectify the situation athlete managed to just a couple of months. Precisely for the World Cup. And everything at all turned on its head.

In Kolomna with tremendous support from their fans Yuskov not I could lose. What kind of damage can we talk about if the second place, he “brought” more than one and a half seconds? For skates – the abyss. That’s how confident and at ease, he became a three-time world champion. In spite of everything. Bravo, Denis! This is your distance! It’s your victory!

Kolomna. World Single Distance Championships. Women. 1000 m. 1. Ter Mors (Netherlands) – 1.14,73. 2. Richardson – 1.14,94. 3. Bow (both – USA) – 1.15,01 … 12. Fatkulina – 1.16,35 … 21. Shikhov – 1.18,19. 22. KAZELINA – 1.18,21. Men. 1500m 1. Yuskov -. 1.44,13. 2. Naas – 1.45,66. 3. Krol – 1.45,75 (both – Germany) … 10. Trofimov – 1.47,69. 11. Kozlov -. 1.47,76