A look back at the Russian Single Distances Championships

The Russian Single Distances Championships took place over this past weekend in Kolomna, where new and old champions were crowned.

By: Maria Dalton

Photos by: Schaats Foto’s

On a weekend that saw numerous Personal Records, Season Bests as well as a world leading time in the 500m, Kolomna proved to be the perfect backdrop for a great weekend of racing at the Russian Single Distances Championships.

Kulizhnkov, Kachanova capture sprint titles

Pavel Kulizhnkov was victorious in the 500m with his time of 34.64. This time ties this season’s world-leading time posted by Laurent Dubreuil just a week before. Viktor Mushtakov finished in second with a Personal Record of 34.66. Rounding out the top-3 was 2014 Short track relay olympic champion Ruslan Zakharov, who finished in the bronze medal position of this long track championship with a time of 35.18. Daria Kachanova lead the way on the women's side, finishing atop the podium with her time of 38.23 seconds. Angelina Golikova was a close second with her time of 38.26, just ahead of Olga Fatkulina who finished in the third spot with her time of 38.35.

In the 1000m, Pavel Kulizhnkov and Daria Kachanova were once again on top of the podium with their times of 1:08.66 and 1:17.09, respectively. On the men’s side it was Viktor Mushtakov who finished in the second-place position with his time of 1:09.16. Rounding out the top-3 on the men’s side was Denis Yuskov with his time of 1:09.52. On the women’s side it was Angelina Golikova who finished in the second spot with her time of 1:17.21, just ahead of Olga Fatkulina who finished with a time of 1:17.29.

Yuskov, Kachanova on top in the 1500m

Denis Yuskov was atop the podium in the men’s 1500m with his time of 1:44.48, exactly two-seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Sergey Trofimov finished in second with his time of 1:46.88, while Sergey Gryaztsov finished in third with his time of 1:47.48. On the women’s side it was Eveniya Lalenkova who emerged on top with her time of 1:58.44. She finished just ahead of Natalina Voronina who posted a time of 1:58.95. Rouding out the podium was Elizaveta Kezelina who finished with a time of 1:58.96.

Rumyantsev, Voronina crowned long distance champions

Natalia Voronina captured the 3000m title with her time of 4:05.57 nearly six-seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Evgeniya Lalenkova finished in the silver medal position with her time 4:11.40, just ahead of Elena Sokhryakova who finished with a time of 4:11.89. In the 5000m it was once again Natalia Voronina who was on top, and she took home the title with her time of 7:03.17. Elena Sokhryakova was second with her time of 7:13.07, while Eveniya Lalenkova was third with her time 7:14.63.

In the men’s 5000m it was Alexander Rumyantsev who took home the Russian title with his time of 6:20.46. Coming in second place was Sergey Trofimov who finished with a time of 6:23.25, ahead of Danila Semerikov who finished in third place with his time of 6:25.04. In the 10000m it was once again Alexander Rumyantsev who emerged on top with a time of 13:15.68 to claim the Russian title. Ruslan Zakharov finished in second with his time of 13:22.26, while Danila Semerikov finished in the bronze medal position with his time of 13:23.86.

Mass Start and Team Pursuit
Elizaveta Kazelina was the mass start champion on the women’s side, where she finished with a time of 9:42.65. Kazelina finished just ahead of Veronika Suslova and Evgeniya Lalenkova who finished with times of 9:42.80 and 9:42.91, respectively. On the men’s side it was Denis Semerikov who was crowned mass start champion with his time of 7:44.20. He finished just ahead of Rusland Zakharov (7:44.34) and Timur Zakharov (7:44.50). In the team pursuit, Team Moscow won both the men’s and women’s events with times of 3:51.94 and 3:12.84, respectively.

Here's the suit Russia will use this season. (Photo from @yuskov_denis)

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