At the Olympics in Phenchkhan, our skeletonist Nikita Tregubov climbed the pedestal, finishing second. The athlete consistently performed in the first two races, but in the third he gave way to the eternal rival of the Latvian Martins Dukurs.

Gathered before a decisive attempt, our athlete showed an excellent result, which secured him silver. This success was, without exaggeration, an Olympic victory for Tregubov. "I do not know, I never experienced such emotions! I was so happy, I shouted that I broke off the voice a little," RT quotes him. Nikita stressed that he was ready for any outcome in the Games. Olympic champion in 2014 in the skeleton Alexander Tretyakov praised Tregubov noting that the stable results and mistakes of rivals allowed him to take such a high place. The rival of Russians Martins Dukurs said that he had already congratulated Nikita on the medal.

According to him, this is the only sportsman from Russia, with whom he has good relations, RIA Novosti reports.. "I have a good relationship with Tregubov, only spoiled the rest, but Nikita somehow really looks at the situation," he added.. Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev noted the excellent performance of the Russian and ironically stressed that "the Latvian friends of Dukurs can go back to sleep, they do not have medals". On the account of the Russian national team at the Olympics 6 awards - 2 silver and 4 bronze.