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New cross-country ace for Switzerland: Olympic medalist Ilya Tschernoussow (34) immediately starts under the Swiss flag. The husband of biathlete Selina Gasparin recently obtained a Swiss passport.
His first race is on Sunday, more than 15 km of skating in the framework of the Alpine Cup in Ulrichen GR. “I am happy and honored to now be able to race in races for Switzerland. The fact that I can compete in my first competition in Switzerland after my naturalization fits perfectly and raises expectations even more, ”he says.
What can we expect from him? Hard to say. He fought his last serious fight four years ago. “I’m curious to see how my form is going. I have not participated in a single race in more than four years and, more recently, I ran distances of between 60 and 90 km in competitions. “(Eg)
