Maxim Vylegzhanin

Maxim Vylegzhanin, or "Prince Silver", as his name is for a large number of silver awards, is a universal skier, three-time Olympic medalist in Sochi, world champion and vice-champion. The Udmurt athlete honorably continues the victorious traditions of fellow countrymen - Galina Kulakova and Tamara Tikhonova.

Maxim Vylegzhanin comes from the village of Sharkan of 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 the children's library. Children - daughter Natalya, sons Maxim and Alexander - from an early age are accustomed to hard country work.

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

In 2015, when Vylegzhanin won gold at the World Championship, the Sharkan Children's and Youth Sports School was named after an outstanding graduate.

After school, Maxim entered the police school, then he began to take skiing more seriously. Success allowed him 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.

The sports career of a skier 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 starts began, he was expelled from the national 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 Maxim Vylegzhanin began in 2005 with performances at the World Cup. The skier, as they say, harnessed slowly. He finished the first season in 67th place, the next and even worse - in 152th overall. For the next three seasons, Maxim gradually increased his pace. The best result in the World Cup is the 2009-2010 season and 8th place in the general table of ranks. Then he put 2 silver medals and one bronze medal in his piggy bank.

The 2007 Universiade turned out to be 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 the skiathlon and in the 50 km marathon. In 2013, in the Italian Val di Fiemme, Maxim won the bronze medal in the relay.

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

At the Vancouver Olympics, the skier only finished 8th in the marathon. But the home Olympics in Sochi gave the audience an enchanting finish in the 50 km race, when the entire podium was taken by Russian skiers Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilya Chernousov.

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

But following the results of the competition in the team sprint, Vylegzhanin opposed the protest. This time, towards the end of the relay, a German skier fell, hit the Finn and hit Nikita Kryukov, who lost speed. Even in this situation, the Finnish team came to the finish line first. Germany has filed a protest. Maxim, however, considered that the fall is an accident, from which no one is immune. As a result, the Russians won a silver medal.

However, by his own admission of the Olympic medalist, he remembers the year of the Games not by medals, but by the event that happened in the family - the birth of a 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. In the same 2016, the skier received a silver medal at the Russian amateur triathlon championship.

At the end of 2016, the Russian won the 10 km race and the classic style sprint at international competitions in Finland. According to 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. In a subsequent press release, the names of the athletes under investigation were not disclosed.

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

The Udmurt athlete twice filed an appeal with the International Federation, and both times it was rejected. For this reason, Maxim missed the World Cup in Lahti. Subsequently, guided by the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the IOC completely imposed a lifelong disqualification for the skier, annulled the results of the Sochi Games, which automatically implied deprivation of awards.

Maxim has a reliable rear. Albina's wife and son Artem provide all-round support. The skier's wife is a well-known Izhevsk journalist, she works as a news editor for the TV channel "My Udmurtia", and has repeatedly made reports about 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 surname six months later, explaining that it was difficult for a journalist who had already earned a name for himself to sign with a different surname. The girl made a surprise to her husband - by the end of the World Cup 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 for anything from training or competition to be posted.

Maxim collects figurines of skiers, but skiing remains his main passion, hobby and job at the same time. In the homeland of the athlete, in Izhevsk, an all-Russian roller ski competition is held for the prizes of Maxim Vylegzhanin.

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 took part in 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 a number, go to the track and feel the spirit of competition again.

Meanwhile, the Court of Arbitration for Sport considered the appeal of the Russian Ski Federation. The IOC decision to disqualify Vylegzhanin and another 27 of his colleagues was canceled, the medals were returned to the athletes.

The IOC urgently issued a press release, which clarified that the decision of the arbitral tribunal does not mean that the acquitted persons will receive an invitation to the Olympics in Korea.

Now the Federation and the athletes intend to judicially recover moral and material damage caused by an unfounded accusation of doping. In addition, the participation of previously suspended skiers in the World Cup and Continental Cup is planned.

Honored Master of Sports of Russia Cavalier of the Order of Honor 2009 - silver medalist at the 2011 World Championship - twice silver medalist at the 2013 World Championship - bronze medalist at the 2014 World Championship - three times silver medalist at the 2015 Olympic Games - world champion in skiathlon

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