Roman Petushkov won two gold medals at the Sochi Paralympics on Sunday in the men’s 15km cross-country sit-skiing, RIA Novosti reports.
"I was trying to spread out my efforts carefully because the race is very long and it is important to cover it correctly from a psychological point of view," Petushkov is quoted as saying. "It is the merit of the coaches that I reached such a great shape. It just can't be the other way - we should win at our homeland and my win is a merit of the whole team."
Another Russian, Alexander Davidovich, took the bronze, 14 seconds off Zaripov’s time and just 0.2 seconds ahead of fast-finishing Ukrainian Maxim Yarovyi.
