Yulia Tchekaleva wins first World Cup event in Rybinsk

BySportsbeat

Updated 25/01/2015 at 17:12 GMT

Yulia Tchekaleva made it a Russian World Cup double with victory in the women's 15km skiathlon in Rybinsk.

Cross country skiing Nicole Fessel of Germany and Yulia Tchekaleva of Russia in action during Cross Country 10 km Pursuit FIS World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland on 28 November 2010

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On home snow she picked up her first-ever World Cup win to match the achievement of compatriot Maxim Vylegzhanin who won the men's event earlier in the day. In the end the margin was comfortable for Tchekaleva who finished with a time of 44:16.0 � 15.6 seconds in front of second place Martine Ek Hagen of Norway and 22.9 ahead of Finland�s Riitta_liissa Roponen.

Tchekaleva attacked midway through the race and skied alone to victory for the final half.

It is her first World Cup podium since Szklarska Poreba 2014 and she was delighted with the win.

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"I tried to save energy in the classic part of the race. I just tried to stay with the front group but not work too hard," she said.

"When we switched to skating I felt that I had a lot of power so I went for the victory. It was really nice to win my first World Cup here in Russia."

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