Alexander Gennadjewitsch Legkow

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Alexander Legkov Cross-country skiing
Alexander Gennadjewitsch Legkow (2006)

Alexander Gennadjewitsch Legkow (2006)

Full name Alexander Gennadjewitsch Legkow
russian Александр Геннадьевич Легков
nation RussiaRussia Russia
birthday 5th July 1983 (age 37)
place of birth Krasnoarmeisk ,  Russian SFSRRussia Soviet Federal Socialist RepublicRussian SFSR 
size 177 cm
Weight 73 kg
Career
society dynamo
Trainer Reto mayor
National squad since 2003
status resigned
End of career 2018
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2014 Sochi 50 km
silver 2014 Sochi 4 × 10 km
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver Sapporo 2007 4 × 10 km
bronze Val di Fiemme 2013 4 × 10 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 4, 2003
 World Cup victories in individual 6 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 3 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 02. ( 2006/07 , 2012/13 , 2013/14 )
 Sprint World Cup 43rd ( 2010/11 )
 Distance World Cup 01. ( 2012/13 )
 Tour de Ski 01. ( 2012/13 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 6th 4th 12
 Season 3 6th 2
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 27, 2003
 Continental Cup victories 6 ( details )
 ANC overall rating 2. ( 2012 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 COC individual race 1 0 0
 ANC individual race 4th 0 0
 OPA individual race 0 1 1
 EEC individual races 1 0 0
 

Alexander Gennadjewitsch Legkow ( Russian Александр Геннадьевич Легков ; born July 5, 1983 in Krasnoarmeisk , Moscow Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian cross-country skier .

Career

Legkow made his international debut at the Junior World Championships in early 2002 in Schonach , where he was 30th over 10 kilometers. At the end of the year he won his first FIS race in Krasnoyarsk and was used for the first time in the cross-country world cup in Kawgolowo a week later . In this 19 km race Legkow came in 48th place. Almost a year later he came in sixth place with the Russian relay in Davos for the first time in the top 10 at a World Cup race. Shortly before the turn of the year in 2004, he won a European Cup race for the first time in Krasnoyarsk.

In February 2005 Legkow first took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf . The best place was a 48th place in the 15 km race.

2006 Winter Olympics

In 2006 he started for the first time at the Olympic Games and was 37th in the skiathlon and 20th in the 50 km race.

The Russian celebrated his international breakthrough in the 2006/07 season . In Gällivare , Sweden , Legkow came seventh in the 15 km race in November for the first time in an individual race among the top ten. In December he came second in the 30 km race in La Clusaz and won his first World Cup race with the relay. In the Tour de Ski , which was held for the first time , he finished second behind Tobias Angerer , and he also achieved this place in the pursuit race and the mountain stage. He won the next 30 km race in Rybinsk and thus his first individual World Cup race. At the end of the season, like in the Tour de Ski, he finished second overall in the World Cup, behind Angerer, and came sixth in the Distance World Cup. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo Legkow reached over 15 km and sixth places in the pursuit, with the relay he won the silver medal.

In the 2007/08 season he could not repeat his constant strong performances from the previous season. At the Tour de Ski 2007/08 , he managed only placements in midfield and finished the tour in 20th place. He finished the season with 26th place in the overall World Cup ranking. He finished the Tour de Ski 2008/09 in 33rd place. He achieved two top ten placements in stage races. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , he finished 18th in the 50 km mass start race and fourth in the 30 km pursuit race.

In March 2009 he won the 15 km freestyle in Lahti and took third place at the World Cup finals in Falun . He finished the 2008/09 season in eleventh place in the overall ranking and eighth in the distance ranking. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season he was able to occupy two podium places in World Cup races in Kuusamo and Rogla . In the Tour de Ski 2009/10 he only achieved placements in the midfield and did not appear in the final stage.

2010 Winter Olympics

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he finished 15th in the 15km freestyle, 14th in the 50km mass start race and eighth in the relay. In the 30 km pursuit race, he just missed a medal in fourth. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season he won the Nordic Openings. This was followed by further podium places in World Cup races in Kuusamo and Davos . In the Tour de Ski 2010/11 , he reached several top ten placements, but, as in the previous year, did not take part in the final stage. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 , he took 20th place over 15 km classic, 19th place in the 30 km pursuit race and seventh place with the relay. He finished the season in fifth place in the overall ranking and fifth in the distance ranking. At the Tour de Ski 2011/12 reached fifth place in the overall ranking. He was able to win two stage races. In the overall World Cup ranking of the 2011/12 season, he finished fifth in the overall ranking and third in the distance ranking.

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season Legkow won the Kangaroo Hoppet . In the World Cup he started in Gällivare with a ninth place 15 km freestyle and a third place with the relay. The subsequent Nordic Opening in Kuusamo he finished in seventh place. He won the 10 km freestyle stage race. In the further course of the season he took third place in the skiathlon race in Sochi and over 15 km freestyle in Davos and first place in Oslo in the 50 km mass start race. At the turn of the year 2012/13 he won the Tour de Ski by winning the final mountain pursuit in Val di Fiemme .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , he reached fourth place in the 50 km mass start race and won bronze with the relay. He finished the World Cup final in Falun in fourth place and achieved second place in the overall standings and first place in the distance standings. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season he won the Kangaroo Hoppet, as in the previous year. He finished the Nordic Opening in third and the Tour de Ski 2013/14 in fifth.

2014 Winter Olympics

At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, he won silver with the relay and on the final day the 50 km competition in freestyle in front of two other Russian runners. At the beginning of November 2017, the medals he had won were initially revoked by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) because of doping, but this decision was withdrawn in February 2018. He also achieved third place in the season over 15 km freestyle in Lahti and in the 50 km mass start race in Oslo and first place with the relay in Lillehammer and over 15 km classic in Toblach . At the World Cup finals in Falun he came third overall. She also took third place in the skiathlon stage. He finished the season in second place in the overall standings and in the distance standings. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2015 in Falun, he came 14th in the 15 km freestyle and fourth in the relay. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season he achieved eighth place at the Nordic Opening in Ruka and 12th place at the 2016 Tour de Ski . In the further course of the season he reached four top ten finishes in the World Cup, including a second place with the relay in Nové Město . At the end of the season he started the Ski Tour Canada , which he ended prematurely, and finished 15th in the overall World Cup and tenth in the Distance World Cup.

The athlete lives in Khanty-Mansiysk in western Siberia and competes for the Dynamo club.

Doping allegations 2016

In May 2016, the New York Times published a report that there was a state-sponsored doping system in Russia ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics. The newspaper wrote of at least 15 doped Russian medal winners, citing the head of the anti-doping laboratory in Moscow, Grigory Rodchenkov . He developed a mix of three different doping agents especially for Russian athletes and exchanged urine samples during nightly activities. Legkov, who denied the allegations as well as the Russian government, was one of the athletes named.

In November 2017, based on the findings of the McLaren Report , he was banned for life by the Oswald Commission of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic medals he had won were revoked . His attorney then appealed. In February 2018, the International Court of Sport revoked the withdrawal of his medals due to insufficient evidence and lifted the ban. Nevertheless, Legkow was not allowed to participate in the 2018 Winter Games.

resignation

In April 2018 Legkow announced the end of his career.

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. January 20, 2007 RussiaRussia Rybinsk 30 km freestyle mass start
2. March 8, 2009 FinlandFinland Lahti 15 km freestyle individual start
3. November 28, 2010 FinlandFinland Kuusamo Overall rating Nordic Opening
4th January 6, 2013 Fédération Internationale de Ski Logo.svg Tour de Ski Overall rating
5. March 16, 2013 NorwayNorway Oslo 50 km freestyle mass start
6th 1st of February 2014 ItalyItaly Toblach 15 km classic individual start

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
1. January 3, 2012 ItalyItaly Toblach 5 km classic individual start Tour de Ski 2011/12
2. January 8, 2012 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 9 km mountain pursuit freestyle 1 Tour de Ski 2011/12
3. December 1, 2012 FinlandFinland Kuusamo 10 km freestyle individual start Nordic Opening 2012
1 Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. December 17, 2006 FranceFrance La Clusaz 4 × 10 km relay 2
2. February 6, 2011 RussiaRussia Rybinsk 4 × 10 km relay 3
3. December 8, 2013 NorwayNorway Lillehammer 4 × 7.5 km relay 4

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 27, 2003 RussiaRussia Krasnogorsk 15 km freestyle individual start Continental Cup
2. December 20, 2007 RussiaRussia Krasnogorsk 15 km classic individual start Eastern Europe Cup
3. August 18, 2012 AustraliaAustralia Falls Creek Classic sprint Australia / New Zealand Cup
4th 19th August 2012 AustraliaAustralia Falls Creek 15 km freestyle individual start Australia / New Zealand Cup
5. August 25, 2012 AustraliaAustralia Falls Creek 42 km freestyle mass start ( Kangaroo Hoppet ) Australia / New Zealand Cup
6th August 24, 2013 AustraliaAustralia Falls Creek 42 km freestyle mass start ( Kangaroo Hoppet ) Australia / New Zealand Cup

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total Team c
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place 2 1 1 2 6th 3
2nd place 1 2 1 4th 4th
3rd place 4th 2 1 1 3 11 2
Top 10 21st 7th 3 5 11 47 22nd
Scoring 1 45 10 7th 9 14th 86 2 23
Starts 1 2 55 13 7th 14th 6th 16 114 2 23
Status: end of season 2014/15
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
2003/04 33 83. 33 57. - -
2004/05 45 75. 45 48. - -
2005/06 41 95. 41 64. - -
2006/07 580 2. 260 6th - -
2007/08 273 26th 205 18th 24 64.
2008/09 565 11. 410 8th. 35 52.
2009/10 253 30th 247 14th 6th 99
2010/11 796 5. 503 5. 53 43.
2011/12 1000 5. 673 3. 45 44.
2012/13 1381 2. 793 1. 16 73.
2013/14 1008 2. 554 2. 34 51.
2014/15 150 45. 150 29 - -
2015/16 632 15th 480 10. - -

Web links

Commons : Alexander Legkov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result Kangaroo Hoppet 2012
  2. ^ Result Kangaroo Hoppet 2013
  3. ↑ Ruiz, Rebecca R.; Schwirtzmay, Michael: Russian Insider Says State-Run Doping Fueled Olympic Gold at nytimes.com, May 12, 2016 (accessed May 14, 2016).
  4. ↑ Alleged system before the Winter Games in Sochi: New references to Russian doping at sportschau.de, May 12, 2016 (accessed on May 14, 2016).
  5. ↑ Russia rejects new doping allegations ( memento from May 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at deutschlandfunk.de, May 13, 2016 (accessed on May 14, 2016).
  6. ↑ Olympic champion Legkow banned for life because of doping. In: sueddeutsche.de . November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  7. ↑ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v. the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld. (PDF (313 kB)) International Sports Court , February 1, 2018, accessed on May 8, 2018 (English).
  8. ↑ CAS lifted Olympic bans from 28 Russians. derStandard.at , February 1, 2018, accessed on May 8, 2018 .
  9. ↑ No more cross-country skiing: Marit Bjørgen and Alexander Legkov give up - xc-ski.de cross-country skiing. In: xc-ski.de. April 6, 2018, accessed on January 4, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Legkow, Alexander Gennadjewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Legkow, Alexander; Legkov, Alexander; Легков, Александр Геннадьевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnoarmeisk , Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic , Soviet Union