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Maxim Vylegzhanin skier personal life. When an era passes: Maxim Vylegzhanin ended his career. Some of Maxim's awards

Vylegzhanin Maxim Mikhailovich

International Master of Sports in cross-country skiing, world champion.

Born on October 18, 1982 in the village of Sharkan. Mother is a librarian, father is a law enforcement officer. His parents say that he has always been very hardworking and purposeful, and now he has a great ability to work. I became interested in skiing in the third grade. He was very lucky with his coach - at the Sharkan Sports School he met with Oleg Perevozchikov, the current senior coach of the country's men's ski team.

Until 2003, he took part only in Russian competitions. He made his international debut at the World Cup in January 2005. Success did not come immediately, but persistent training brought results. In 2007, he became the winner of the World Universiade at a distance of 30 km freestyle, and a bronze medalist in the 15 km pursuit race.

In 2009, at the World Championships in Liberec (Czech Republic), he became a silver medalist, almost displacing the famous Norwegian Peter Northug, whose advantage was only seven tenths of a second. He was a member of the team at the Vancouver Olympics (Canada, 2010. 8th place in the 50 km race - the best result among our skiers). Three-time Russian champion at distances of 30 and 50 km (2007, 2008). Three-time silver medalist at the 2014 Olympic Games - in the relay, team sprint and ski marathon. Three-time world vice-champion in individual races: in 2009 in the 50 km freestyle mass start, in 2011 in skiathlon (15 km classic and 15 km freestyle) and 50 km mass start. In 2015, Maxim won the skiathlon at the World Cup in the city of Rybinsk (Russia) and won gold (his first!) in the skiathlon at the World Cup in Falun (Sweden).

Now Maxim is one of the strongest skiers in the world, successfully performing in both classical and free style. The “king” of skiing, Norwegian Peter Northug, admitted in one of his interviews that he considers Vylegzhanin his main competitor at the Olympics in Sochi. Trainers: Oleg Orestovich Perevozchikov, Yuri Viktorovich Borodavko.

He graduated from the Izhevsk branch of the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the sports department of Udmurt State University. Awarded the Order of Honor (2014). Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2014). Works as a police inspector. He actively works to promote a healthy lifestyle and participates in charity projects on a volunteer basis. Married, has a son.

Bibliography

Vormo kuzhmoosyz: [conversation with an athlete] / Maxim Vylegzhanin; recorded by Svetlana Lyubimova // Invozho. - 2007. - No. 7/8. - P. 48-51: photo.
Vylegzhanin, Maxim Mikhailovich. Golden discs of the sun: [world ski champion Maxim Vylegzhanin turned 30 years old. Interview] / Maxim Vylegzhanin; recorded by Alexander Poskrebyshev // News of the Udmurt Republic. - 2012. - October 17. - P. 15: photo.
Vylegzhanin, Maxim Mikhailovich. Mon vormo! : [conversation with one of the strongest skiers in Russia] / Maxim Vylegzhanin; recorded by Valentina Emelyanova // Udmurt Dunne. - 2008. - July 4. - S. 6, 11: photo. - (Udmurt kizilios).
Vylegzhanin, Maxim Mikhailovich.“Silver” Max: [conversation with a skier about performing at the Olympic Games in Sochi] / Maxim Vylegzhanin; recorded by Elena Fedotova // Moskovsky Komsomolets in Izhevsk. - 2014. - March 5-12 (No. 10). - P. 15: photo. - (A person).
Vylegzhanin, Maxim Mikhailovich. Chess in the snow: [conversation with an athlete] / M. M. Vylegzhanin; recorded by A. Aminova // Gorod. - 2015. - No. 2. - P. 86-89: photo.
Vylegzhanina, Rufima Pavlovna. Golden words: [his parents tell about the world-famous skier from the village of Sharkan M. Vylegzhanin] / R. P. Vylegzhanina, M. V. Vylegzhanin; recorded by Anastasia Aminova; ph. Dmitry Dubovtsev // Gorod. - 2014. - No. 1. - P. 64-66: photo. - (For the sake of mom).
Guziy, Andrey. Maximum patience: Udmurt skier Maxim Vylegzhanin continues to walk up the stairs leading up: [sports biography of one of the strongest skiers in the world] / Andrey Guziy // Udmurtskaya Pravda. - 2014. - February 12. - P. 4: photo.
Dolgova, Marina. We write silver, gold in our minds: [about the three-time silver medalist of the Winter Olympics in Sochi Maxim Vylegzhanin] / Marina Dolgova // Rossiyskaya Gazeta. - 2014. - February 27. - 5th of March. - P. 24: photo.
Kirilin, Alexander. Three-time silver Vylegzhanin: [about the course of the 50 km marathon at the Olympics in Sochi, in which Maxim won silver] / Alexander Kirilin // Udmurtskaya Pravda. - 2014. - February 25. - P. 1, 4. - (Sochi-2014).
Kirilin, Alexander. Vylegzhanin’s champion finish: [at the 2015 World Championships in Falun (Sweden), Maxim Vylegzhanin won a gold medal] / Alexander Kirilin // Udmurtskaya Pravda. - 2015. - February 25. - P. 1: photo.
Maxim Vylegzhanin - silver medalist of the World Cup final [in cross-country skiing in the Swedish city of Falun]// Udmurt truth. - 2013. - March 26. - P. 1: photo. - (Know ours!).

Maxim Mikhailovich Vylegzhanin(October 18, 1982, Sharkan, Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) - Russian skier. Three-time vice-champion of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the relay, team sprint and ski marathon. World champion 2015 in skiathlon. Three-time vice-world champion, winner of the 2007 Winter Universiade, bronze medalist of the multi-day ski race Tour de Ski 2013, multiple champion of Russia. Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Lives in the city of Izhevsk.

Sports career

Maxim Vylegzhanin is the 2015 world champion in the 30 km skiathlon, a three-time silver medalist at the Olympic Games, and also a three-time vice world champion in individual races: 2009 in the 50 km freestyle mass start, 2011 in the 30 km skiathlon and in the 50 km freestyle mass start.

Winner of the World Universiade (2007) at a distance of 30 km freestyle, bronze medalist in the 15 km pursuit race.

He was a member of the Russian Olympic team at the Vancouver Olympics. The best result is 8th place in the 50 km race.

Three-time champion of Russia at distances of 30 km (duathlon, 2007) and 50 km (2007 - classic style mass start, 2008 - free style mass start).

Maxim Vylegzhanin has two victories at the World Cup stages at a distance of 30 km free style in the 2010/2011 season and at a distance of 15 kilometers classic style at the Tour de Ski stage in Oberhof in the 2012-2013 season.

On February 9, 2014, at the Olympic Games in Sochi, he took 4th place in the skiathlon (15 km classic style + 15 km skating), losing at the finish line to the Norwegian athlete Martin Sondby. On February 16, 2014, he won Olympic silver as part of the relay four (Dmitry Yaparov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin). On February 19, 2014, he won his second silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi together with Nikita Kryukov in the team sprint classic. On the last day of the Olympics, Maxim became second in the 50 km freestyle mass start.

World Championships and Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discipline	Place
2009	World Cup Liberec	Skiathlon 30 km	24
2009	World Cup Liberec	15 km Kl	45
2009	World Cup Liberec	Marathon 50 km St.	2
2011	World Cup Holmenkollen	Skiathlon 30 km	2
2011	World Cup Holmenkollen	15 km Kl	10
2011	World Cup Holmenkollen	4x10 relay	7
2011	World Cup Holmenkollen	Marathon 50 km St.	2
2013	World Cup Val di Fiemme	Skiathlon 30 km	5
2013	World Cup Val di Fiemme	15 km St.	57
2013	World Cup Val di Fiemme	4x10 km relay	3
2013	World Cup Val di Fiemme	Marathon 50 km Kl	8
2014	Olympic Games Sochi	Skiathlon 30 km	4
2014	Olympic Games Sochi	4x10 km relay	2
2014	Olympic Games Sochi	Team sprint 6x1.8 km Class	2
2014	Olympic Games Sochi	Marathon 50 km St.	2
2015	World Cup Falun	Skiathlon 30 km	1
2015	World Cup Falun	4x10 km relay	4
2015	World Cup Falun	Marathon 50 km	4

Statistics of performances in the World Cup

2004-2005

Pragelato

Lahti

Oslo

Falun

Results

30 D

KS 6x1.2 Cl

15 St

50 Kl

30 D

E 4x10

Points

Place

2005-2006

Kuusamo

Nove Mesto na Morave

Otepää

Falun

Oslo

Results

15 Kl

15 St

C 1.2 St

15 St

15 Kl

20 D

50 St

Points

Place

DNS

152

2006-2007

Gällivare

Kuusamo

Val d'Aosta

La Clussa

Oslo

Falun

Results

15 St

E 4x10

With 1.2 Cl

15 Kl

30 St. Mst

E 4x10

50 Kl

30 D

Points

Place

2007-2008

Beitoshtolen

Davos

Rybinsk

Tour de Ski

Canmore

Otepää

Liberec

Falun

Oslo

Results

15 St

E 4x10

15 Kl

E 4x10

30 St. Mst

102 cm

30 D

With 1.2 Cl

15 St

C 1.2 St

15 Kl

11.4 St

30 D

50 St

Points

Place

127

2008-2009

Gällivare

Kuusamo

La Clussa

Davos

Tour de Ski

Rybinsk

Lahti

Trondheim

Falun KM Final

Results

15 St

E 4x10

15 Kl

30 St. Mst

15 Kl

102 cm

15 St. Mst

15 St

50 Kl Mst

40 cm

Points

Place

290

2009-2010

Beitoshtolen

Kuusamo

Davos

Rogla

Canmore

Lahti

Oslo

Falun KM Final

Results

15 St

E 4x10

15 Kl

C 1.0 St

30 Kl Mst

15 St

C 1.7 Cl

30 D

E 4x10

50 St. Mst

40 cm

Points

Place

532

Disqualification

On December 27, 2016, President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation Elena Vyalbe announced that Maxim Vylegzhanin was temporarily suspended from participation in competitions due to suspicion of violating anti-doping rules.

Equipment

Uses Fischer skis. Adidas clothing

Awards and titles

Order of Honor (February 24, 2014) - for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sporting achievements at the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.
Honored Master of Sports of Russia (February 17, 2014).

Maxim Mikhailovich Vylegzhanin. Born on October 18, 1982 in the village of Sharkan (Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). Russian skier. Three-time Olympic silver medalist (2014). World champion in skiathlon (2015). Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2014). Chairman of the Udmurt Ski Racing Federation (since 2018).

Father is a policeman.

Mother is a librarian.

Has a sister Natalya and a brother Alexander.

As a child, he dreamed of a military career, but later he completely linked his destiny with sports. I became interested in skiing at the age of ten. He started at the Sharkan Youth Sports School, which now bears the name of Vylegzhanin.

On January 22, 2005, he made his debut in the World Cup, although he failed to achieve high results then.

In 2007, he won the World Universiade at a distance of 30 km freestyle and became a bronze medalist in the 15 km pursuit race.

In the same 2007, he became the champion of Russia at distances of 30 km (duathlon) and 50 km (mass start classic style). In 2008, he became the champion of Russia in the 50 km freestyle mass start.

In 2009, he won his first silver at the World Championships in Liberec (Czech Republic) at his signature distance of 50 km freestyle.

At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver he took 8th place in the 50 km race.

In 2011, he became vice-world champion in the 30 km skiathlon (15+15) and in the 50 km freestyle mass start.

On February 9, 2014, at the Olympic Games in Sochi, he took 4th place in the skiathlon, losing at the finish line to the Norwegian athlete Martin Sundby. On February 16, 2014, he won Olympic silver as part of the relay four (Dmitry Yaparov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin). On February 19, 2014, he won his second silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi along with the team sprint classic. On the last day of the Olympics, Maxim became second in the 50 km freestyle mass start.

On February 17, 2014, he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of Russia, and on February 24 - the Order of Honor ((for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sporting achievements at the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi).

In 2015, Maxim Vylegzhanin became the world champion in Falun in the 30 km skiathlon.

On December 27, 2016, the president of the Russian Ski Federation announced that Vylegzhanin was temporarily suspended from participation in competitions due to suspicion of violating anti-doping rules. On November 9, 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Vylegzhanin from participating in the Olympic Games for life for violating anti-doping rules. Vylegzhanin was deprived of all medals won at the Olympics in Sochi. However, on February 1, 2018, by decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the disqualification was recognized as unfounded and cancelled, the results at the Sochi Olympics were upheld.

In 2018, Maxim Vylegzhanin took over as chairman of the Udmurt Ski Racing Federation.

On March 9, 2019, becoming second in the mass start (royal marathon) 50 km classic style in Holmenkollen. Then he ended his sports career. “I’m extremely glad that I managed to stay in the group. I knew that my finish now was not the strongest, so I would consider any result in the first group excellent. All my thoughts in the last few kilometers were only about staying in the group and finishing as high as possible. I’m very pleased with this ending to my career, and there’s no resentment that I didn’t win today. Silver is very cool,” Vylegzhanin said after the race.

He has three higher educations, received diplomas in such fields as sports, law and management.

Maxim Vylegzhanin's height: 173 centimeters.

Personal life of Maxim Vylegzhanin:

Wife - Albina Vylegzhanina (nee Gareeva), journalist. We got married in August 2012.

On July 3, 2014, the couple had a son, Artemy. Albina gave birth in the perinatal center of Izhevsk. Maxim wanted to be present at the birth, but Albina thought that she herself could handle it better: “I really wanted to stay with my wife in the maternity hospital, support her, but Albina said that there was no point in this and sent me home,” said the athlete.

Sports achievements of Maxim Vylegzhanin:

Olympic Games:

Silver - Sochi 2014 - 4×10 km relay
Silver - Sochi 2014 - team sprint classic
Silver - Sochi 2014 - 50 km

World Championships:

Silver - Liberec 2009 - 50 km
Silver - Holmenkollen 2011 - duathlon 15+15 km
Silver - Holmenkollen 2011 - 50 km
Bronze - Val di Fiemme 2013 - 4x10 km relay
Gold - Falun 2015 - skiathlon 15+15 km

Universiade:

Bronze - Turin 2007 - duathlon 7.5+7.5 km
Gold - Turin 2007 - 30 km

The famous skier Maxim Vylegzhanin decided to end his career. The Olympic medalist announced this on February 27 at the World Championships in Austria. He finished 33rd in the 15-kilometer race.

From the very beginning I began to fight for the top 3, I was in the top 3. But the leader’s speed was not enough and he gave up at the finish line. I came here to fight. It worked, but only half the distance. It's a pity, it's sad. But the leaders are now much stronger, faster than me. This World Cup is my last for sure. I plan to finish the season in Oslo at 50 km - I started at this distance and got into the top 6 for the first time. I’m going to finish the World Cup with it,” Maxim Vylegzhanin said in an interview with Match.TV.

Who will replace him?

One of the first to comment on the athlete’s decision was Valery Musalimov, a member of the presidium of the cross-country skiing federation.

Firstly, Maxim will be 37 years old this year. Secondly, it’s very difficult to stay in shape when you’re out of the picture for three years. Years of inactivity in major competitions are taking their toll,” he noted.

When such masters with a capital M leave, it is a definite loss. This is not only an example of a strong athlete, but also an example of loyalty and service to this sport. But we have a lot of promising guys in the Udmurtia national team: Sergey Ardashev and Ivan Seleznev from the Balezinsky district, guys from Malopurginsky. It is difficult to predict who will succeed. Some people show good results in juniors and then fade away. The same Maxim Vylegzhanin began performing at a high level only at the age of 25, added Valery Musalimov. Musalimov also emphasized that Vylegzhanin will remain the president of the cross-country skiing federation and in this capacity can do a lot of useful things. For example, an athlete has already begun to look for partners to support skiing.

I won’t send my son to sports

The athlete’s family supported Maxim’s decision.

It is impossible to run endlessly. The time has come, the young guys have grown up. Maxim could have ended his career earlier. But due to recent events, the husband decided that it would be better to leave on his own than to be suspended. That’s why he stayed for the last season,” says his wife Albina Vylegzhanina.

When asked if their son will become a skier, Albina replies that she does not want this.

I will never send my son to ski racing. It was too painful to go through the last two years. I realized a long time ago that sport is pure politics. I don't want such a future for my son.

Prince Silver

Maxim Vylegzhanin won three silver medals at the Sochi Olympics: in the relay, classic team sprint and 50 km freestyle mass start. For this, people called him “Prince Silver.” But in 2016, the International Ski Federation (FIS) suspended Maxim Vylegzhanin from participating in international competitions. Let us remind you that after the Sochi Olympics a doping scandal broke out when Russian athletes were accused of drinking the Duchess cocktail. According to IOC representatives, a whole system was in operation in Russia for the use of doping by athletes and the concealment of samples. Therefore, many athletes, including Maxim Vylegzhanin, were banned for life from major competitions and the results of the 2014 Olympics were annulled.

Family

Maxim Vylegzhanin was born in the Sharkansky district of Udmurtia in 1982. His mother is a librarian, and his father is a policeman. In his youth, Maxim wanted to be a military man, like his father, but from the age of 10 he became interested in skiing. Later, skiing turned from a hobby into something more. By the age of 17, Vylegzhanin became a professional skier.

I remember Maxim’s first training camp. The first time I went to the district police department to get money from the boss: I had to pack Maxim a bag for the competition. Back then they didn’t give me a salary for three months. In the end, they raised money for us and bought Maxim a backpack. And from the first training sessions, he brought us videotapes: “Mom, this is not for you, this is for dad and I to watch.” Apparently, they trained him there “a little harshly,” said the athlete’s mother Rufina in an early interview.

In 2012, Maxim Vylegzhanin married journalist Albina Gareeva. The future spouses met during an interview. In 2014, the couple had a son, Artemy.

The brightest event that happened in my life after the Olympics was the birth of my son and victory in the World Ski Championships in 2015,” said the skier.

Some of Maxim's awards

Olympic Games

Silver - Sochi-2014, 4×10 km relay

Silver - Sochi-2014, team sprint, classic

Silver - Sochi-2014, 50 km

World Championships

Silver - Liberec, 2009, 50 km

Silver - Holmenkollen, 2011, duathlon 15+15 km

Silver - Holmenkollen, 2011, 50 km

Bronze - Val di Fiemme, 2013, 4x10 km relay

Gold - Falun, 2015, skiathlon 15+15 km

Universiade

Bronze - Turin, 2007, duathlon 7.5+7.5 km

Gold - Turin, 2007, 30 km

He has the Order of Honor (received on February 24, 2014) for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sporting achievements at the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.

Maxim Vylegzhanin, or “Prince Serebryany”, as he is called for his large number of silver awards, is an all-around skier, three-time Olympic medalist in Sochi, world champion and vice-champion. The Udmurt athlete worthily continues the victorious traditions of his fellow countrymen - Galina Kulakova and Tamara Tikhonova.

Childhood and youth

Maxim Vylegzhanin comes from the village of Sharkan in the Republic of Udmurtia, where he was born in October 1982. The family is simple: father Mikhail is an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after retirement he works as an ambulance driver, mother Rufima is in charge of a children's library. The children - daughter Natalya, sons Maxim and Alexander - were accustomed to hard village labor from an early age.

Little Maxim started skiing at the age of 9. I really wanted to play sports, but there were no other sections in the village. In the summer the boy played football and was also interested in photography. A year later, Vylegzhanin won the first race in his biography. As the skier said, he ran the distance, took his skis and went home. I only found out that I had won two days later.

In 2015, when Vylegzhanin won gold at the World Championship, the Sharkan Youth Sports School named him after an outstanding graduate.

After school, Maxim entered the police school, and then he began to take skiing more seriously. Successes allowed me to get a place at the Institute of Physical Education in Izhevsk. If not for sports, Maxim would have chosen the Suvorov School and a military career.

Sport

The skier's sports career was difficult. At the very beginning, he was invited to the national team for the summer training camp, and in the winter, when the main competitions began, he was excluded from the team. Nevertheless, Maxim did not give up and continued to win a place, first in the youth team, then in the main team.

Serious starts for Maxim Vylegzhanin began in 2005 with performances at the World Cup. The skier, as they say, harnessed slowly. The first season finished in 67th place, the next one was even worse - 152nd in the overall standings. Over the next three seasons, Maxim gradually increased his pace. The best result in the World Cup was the 2009-2010 season and 8th place in the overall table of ranks. Then he put 2 silver medals and one bronze into his piggy bank.

The 2007 Universiade was more successful. In Turin, Italy, Maxim conquered the highest step of the podium and also received a bronze medal. The skier did not go to the Olympics, held in the same city.

The World Championships turned out to be more generous in awards. In 2009 in the Czech Republic and in 2011 in Norway, Vylegzhanin won 3 silver medals - in skiathlon and 50 km marathon race. In 2013, in the Italian Val di Fiemme, Maxim won bronze in the relay.

Maxim won his favorite skiathlon and the world championship in Finnish Falun in 2015. This time, Nikita Kryukov and Alexey Petukhov, who competed in the team sprint, supported him with silver. The main pool of awards was taken away by colleagues from Germany and Norway.

At the Vancouver Olympic Games, the skier achieved only 8th place in the marathon. But the home Olympics in Sochi gave the audience an enchanting finish in the 50 km race, when Russian skiers Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilya Chernousov occupied the entire podium.

In addition, the athlete could receive bronze in skiathlon. But at the finish line the skier was cut off by a representative of the Norwegian team, Martin Sundby. Despite the fact that the Viking clearly violated the rules, the panel of judges did not heed the protest of the Russian team and limited themselves to only a warning.

But following the results of the team sprint competition, Vylegzhanin spoke out against filing a protest. This time, towards the end of the relay, a German skier fell, knocked over the Finn and hit Nikita Kryukov, who lost speed. Even in this situation, the Finnish team came to the finish line first. Germany lodged a protest. Maxim considered that the fall was an accident from which no one was safe. As a result, the Russians received a silver medal.

However, by the Olympic medalist’s own admission, he remembers the year of the Games not by medals, but by an event that happened in the family - the birth of his son.

In February 2016, at the Holmenkollen Marathon, Vylegzhanin won a bronze medal at a distance of 50 km and won the World Cup in Lahti. In addition to skiing, Maxim pays attention to other sports. Also in 2016, the skier received a silver award at the Russian Amateur Triathlon Championship.

At the end of 2016, the Russian won the 10 km race and the classic sprint at international competitions in Finland. Based on the results of the competition, the national team for the World Cup was formed.

At the same time, the International Olympic Committee announced the start of an investigation into anti-doping rule violations committed at the Sochi Olympics. The subsequent press release did not name the athletes under investigation.

However, the names of six athletes suspended by the International Ski Federation from international competitions very quickly appeared on the Internet. The IOC's claims, according to the Russian Ski Federation, consisted of mechanical damage to containers with doping samples. The name of Maxim Vylegzhanin was also on the list.

The Udmurt athlete twice appealed to the International Federation, and both times it was rejected. For this reason, Maxim missed the World Championships in Lahti. Subsequently, guided by the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the IOC completely imposed a lifelong disqualification on the skier and annulled the results of the Sochi Games, which automatically meant deprivation of awards.

Personal life

Maxim has a reliable rear. His wife Albina and son Artem provide comprehensive support. The skier’s wife is a well-known Izhevsk journalist, works as a news editor on the “My Udmurtia” TV channel, and has repeatedly reported on the famous athlete. At first, the contacts were working - interviews and nothing more. The wedding of famous people, which took place in 2012, turned out to be an expensive and spectacular event.

Albina took her husband’s last name six months later, explaining that it was difficult for a journalist who had already earned a name for himself to sign with a different last name. The girl surprised her husband - by the end of the World Championship she became Vylegzhanina. Son Artem was born in June 2014. The athlete admits that for the sake of his son he started a page on "Instagram" to post his first photos there. In addition, fans constantly asked to publish something from training or competitions.

Maxim collects figurines of skiers, but his main passion, hobby and work at the same time remains ski racing. In the athlete’s homeland, Izhevsk, all-Russian roller ski competitions are held for the prizes of Maxim Vylegzhanin.

Maxim Vylegzhanin now

In the pre-Olympic season, the Udmurt skier was included in the Russian national team.

In November 2017, 11 months after the announcement of the disqualification, Maxim competed at international competitions included in the FIS schedule. In an emotional post on Instagram, the skier said that the competition turned out to be spontaneous, he did not think about the results, the main thing was to put on his number, go out on the ski slopes and again feel the spirit of competition.

Meanwhile, the Court of Arbitration for Sport considered the appeal of the Russian ski federation. The IOC decision to disqualify Vylegzhanin and 27 more of his colleagues, the medals were returned to the athletes.

Now the Federation and the athletes intend to take legal action to recover moral and material damage caused by the unfounded accusation of doping. In addition, previously suspended skiers are planned to participate in the World Cup and Continental Cup.