Jelena Judina has been running skeleton since 2005 and has been part of the Russian national team since 2006. She lives in Voronezh and is trained by BA Ruzin. In November 2006 she made her debut in the European Skeleton Cup . In a race in Igls she finished 13th. In the following season 2007/08 Judina was disqualified in the first race in Igls, but several races followed with exceptionally good results. The young Russian won the last two races of the season in Winterberg and thus took third place in the overall standings behind Bella Sterlikowa and Katharina Hamann . In the following season she won three of the eight European Cup races and only had to admit defeat to the German Sarah Sartor in the overall standings . The Russian achieved all of her three victories in Igls and all within two days.
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