Winter Olympics 2022 - Andrew Musgrave full of praise for winner Alexander Bolshunov after 'horrific' skiathlon race

Team GB's Andrew Musgrave was full of praise for men's 30km skiathlon gold medallist Alexander Bolshunov after a dominant performance. Russian Olympic Committee's Bolshunov won by a margin of 71 seconds in a race usually decided by much smaller margins.

Ad/> And Musgrave, who finished 17th and was barely in sight of the winner, was blown away by his pace. Beijing 2022'I've never, ever seen it!' — Bolshunov shocks commentators by celebrating mid-raceAN HOUR AGO Bolshunov coasts to gold in men's 30km skiathlon Luger becomes first Georgian to race at Winter Olympics 12 year years after family tragedy «That was absolutely wild, how fast he went,» said Musgrave.

Musgrave placed seventh in Pyeongchang four years ago in the best ever performance by a British cross-country skier at an Olympics. But the 31-year-old admitted that his race on Sunday was one of the hardest he had ever been a part of.

«It was a battle. It is one of the most nuts races there has been,» he added.

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