Sports commentator Sergei Kurdyukov. “I conduct a dialogue with smart people on air. If someone doesn’t consider themselves one of them, that’s their problem. “Sport can take away health and give it back”
2018-01-30 08:08:45
MiscellaneousRussian journalist and commentator on the Eurosport TV channel Sergey Kurdyukov in big exclusive interview the site talked about expectations from the Olympics, Daria Domracheva, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Sergei Dolidovich and much more.
In the Belarusian women's biathlon today there is an illusion of relative prosperity in personal starts. It’s hard to remember a season when three athletes had the right to compete in the mass start, even if Nadezhda Skardino did not participate in the last one on her own initiative. System or coincidence of many successful factors?
By the way, many associate this with the return of Austrian coach Alfred Eder. At the same time, the work of Russian specialists Polkhovsky and Korolkevich, who were the coaches of the national team during this Olympic cycle, was previously criticized. Also, the fruits of Bolshakov and Lopukhov’s work with the men’s team are not particularly visible. Many argue that the methods of mentors who worked back in Soviet time- yesterday's century. Or is it too simplistic a concept?
Don't know. Everything is individual. I have an Italian climbing coach, he's well over 60, but he never misses a beat. new trend in its field, moreover, it generates them itself. At the same time, he does not cling to any fashionable thing like a drowning man at a straw, but studies, tries, discards - or adopts it. He doesn't have a climbing wall - he has a scientific laboratory. And this is not even a technique, but a philosophy of life, which does not always depend on age. A lot of freshly graduated athletes who got together, invested in rent, walls and plastic holds and just raised money could learn from him. The law of nature is known to everyone: those who move and develop survive. Returning to biathlon, Eder always gave the impression of a man who moves and develops.
Few people are sure about Domracheva now. In one race she can show speed at the level of the fifth or sixth ten, in another she can be the fastest. Yes, even during one start. You don’t have to look far for an example: on one loop of the women’s mass start she was 23rd on the track, and on the last lap she was the fastest. Is there an explanation for this? Could this be due to the fact that for the first time in her career she spent the preseason using notes and together with Ole Einar Bjoerndalen?
It doesn’t matter at all whether someone is sure of it or not. The main thing is that on “day X” she is confident in herself. And on this path to the cherished day she managed to completely isolate herself from uncertain well-wishers. She has 25 cup victories and three Olympic gold medals. She is an adult modern athlete and knows what she is doing, unlike those insecure ones who have never skied five kilometers in a row in their lives. The combination of performances at the highest level with full family life, with raising a child - yes, it is more difficult than preparing in a cocoon, fenced off from reality. But this is an adult choice of adults modern people. With the mass start, everything is even clearer - Daria knows these mountains, knows how to distribute herself in the mountains so as not to be “blown away.” Any race in the mountains, in any kind of endurance sport, is a dialogue with your body. But few athletes, even high level, are able to listen to themselves, like Daria. All of the above does not mean that she is guaranteed success at the Games. Absolute guarantees in sports... when they are mentioned, I feel a slight discomfort - guess why. But she has very good chances, she is among about five top favorites.
Daria's performance at the finish line was universally praised, as she stopped fighting with Wierer after forcing her to lose her stick seconds earlier. Are you inclined to join in the praises? And is such fair play appropriate at the Olympics?
We live in such a time - people... the word “getting wild” suggested itself, but I love animals and don’t want to use this word in such a context. Big sport risks slipping into gladiatorial fights. And Daria’s action is not in trend. The trend is “meat”, which is demanded by the crowd in the stands of the Coliseum.
What is the point of sports, if that's the case? In medal reports and earnings of athletes and sponsors? But only? Now, if you remember the educational role of sport for children or the responsibility of an athlete as a guide for those adults whose idol he is, you risk not only laughing but laughing. This act - quite obviously not ostentatious or PR - simply proves that Daria has brains, education and culture. Three things that are in great short supply today. Dot. Can what I said be classified as a dithyramb genre? I doubt.
What can Nadezhda Scardino, who won bronze in Sochi 2014, claim in Pyeongchang?
Yes to anything. That's why it's the Olympics. For every ten predicted results, there will definitely be one well-prepared surprise.
Krivko made it onto the podium for the first time in her career this year. How do you see its future? And in general, is it necessary to talk about the future, and not demand results from a 26-year-old biathlete right now?
No need to demand. We must wish for this result and let it work in peace. Is 26 years of endurance sports considered pre-retirement age? If an athlete in his youth was not killed by a “brilliant” training system under the motto “If he doesn’t die, he will make it,” in a quarter of a century he can only begin to open up. And later you can. No two organisms are exactly alike. And if in a female athlete we see a woman, a person, a person, and not just a combat unit with a rifle, real miracles are possible. In biathlon, for example, you don’t have to look far for examples.
Who, in principle, will arrange the division of awards in South Korea?
One of the stable cup racers, of course, may get sick (I don’t wish this on anyone under any circumstances), fall into a functional hole, and be unable to fully adapt to such a distant time zone; but in general - I don't think that the season's leaders will open up many vacancies. Kuzmina, Domracheva, Dahlmeier are not going anywhere; Mäkäräinen - if at least at the farewell Olympics he can control his nerves - too. Virer’s fate will also be determined by his mental state. As always, the fleet-footed but imprecise Herrmann and Eckhof have a chance in the sprint. In a long race, also as usual, breakthroughs by “dark horses” are most likely. Vitkova, the French women, Vita Semerenko are somewhere nearby all the time.
Men's biathlon for the first time in long years so intriguing in the fight for the Big Crystal Globe. Johannes Bo is able to prevent Martin Fourcade from winning it for the seventh time in a row. Do you have any preferences in this pairing?
That is, which of them would I rather see holding a globe? Johannes Thingnes Bo. Not because I have anything against Martin, it’s just that no sport benefits from autocracy that lasts too long. But Fourcade is deadly stable. If he sometimes loses, it is without failure, he gives almost no points, and in modern men’s biathlon only he is still capable of this.
Sixfold Olympic champion and multiple world champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen did not pass the internal selection, although due to the desire to compete in the seventh Olympics in his career, he delayed his retirement. How did they react to the decision of the Norwegian federation to give preference to Bjontegaard? According to the sporting principle, but still to a person who also has not won a personal license and does not seem to have any aspirations for high places.
Erlenn Bjontegaard has qualified and should start. With his third place at the pre-Olympic mass start, he finally put all questions to rest. Another thing is that in modern sports there should be additional admission criteria and a flexible quota.
In this regard, was it worth it for the IOC to take the unprecedented step of granting Bjoerndalen a license on its own, as has been rumored over the past week?
This is exactly the second part of the previous question. If they had given him some kind of wild card, they would have done a good deed. And they themselves would benefit from this, first of all. It would be high time for high-ranking sports bosses to stop sternly knitting their eyebrows, puffing out their cheeks and realize that their economy is a magnificent genre of art, a product of the cultural evolution of mankind, and this is precisely its present and future. If one person's appearance at the start attracts thousands of people to the stands and increases television ratings - what's the problem then? I don’t remember offhand who was in the top three of that Alpine Ski World Cup final in Schladming 2012, but I remember in great detail Didier Cuche’s farewell ride in equipment from the 30s of the 20th century. People laughed, applauded until their palms hurt, a friendly atmosphere reigned in the stands, as if at a gathering in a mountain hut, and it didn’t matter what country you were from or who you were rooting for. This is what sport is for. I understand that many will disagree, but perhaps we just see the world differently. It was always incredibly interesting for me to watch the now 45-year-old Noriyaki Kasai jump, even when he had long periods of decline. And pay attention: the stands give him a standing ovation, no matter how he performs. Because he is the one who changes ideas about human capabilities, about the inexorability of the laws of nature, and not those who break records by turning themselves into biorobots.
We joke that this state of affairs should have been foreseen and Bjoerndalen should have been offered Belarusian citizenship in advance as Domracheva’s wife.
Jokes aside, but I don’t see a problem with this. Except for one thing: it's too late. Well, naturally, it would be worth asking the King himself first.
How do you feel about the practice when great athletes continue to perform at an advanced age and even return to sports without showing high results? The same example of Hannu Manninen in Nordic combined. Is all this necessary: or is it better that such athletes are remembered at their peak?
If the athlete himself needs it, and his appearance pleases the most loyal of his fans, if he passes the selection, in the end - well, it’s good that he performs. And glory, any glory, is smoke and self-deception. To leave at its peak or at its decline - what's the difference? Human memory is short, the crowd loves to throw away recent idols and rush in search of new ones. Only the destroyers of millions of souls like Alexander the Great, Napoleons and others like them are firmly stuck in the memory of mankind. If Manninen has, relatively speaking, ten people left who will be sincerely grateful to him all their lives for the happy moments that he gave them - this is the meaning, and everything, in the end, was for their sake.
We also have such an example in skiing. Sergei Dolidovich, at 44 years old, will fly to the seventh Games in his career. And in order to get there, in the spring-summer of 2017, he launched a crowdfunding campaign. And the funds were collected.
Wonderful. The person is faithful to the cause and serves it. If you have the strength and motivation to serve like this, that’s great! The fact that people supported Sergei with their money is the answer, and this makes me happy: it means that these people are able to look at many things more broadly. He didn’t cross anyone’s path, didn’t take someone else’s place. He may not be that fast today, but there is a concept of “class” in professional sports. He is a high-class athlete from whom a young racer can learn a lot, even before the start or after the finish - if, of course, this young one was initially raised correctly, starting from children's school.
IN ski racing we have never attracted foreign coaches. And in the last two decades - even Russian-speaking countries former USSR! What do you think: is a foreign coach a fix? How capable is he of getting the farm back on its feet overnight? Any guess as to how far progress has gone in the leading skiing powers of the West: Germany, France, Norway, Sweden? There is, perhaps, an opinion why skiing in Russia is at a very good level, but here we are in trouble?
In Russia (compared to other winter sports, at least) cross-country skiing is mass appearance sports This has been the case for many decades and, despite all kinds of shocks, it has remained. There are many schools, hundreds of thousands of lovers who have children growing up. No matter how much they say that in modern sports mass participation is not necessary, it is enough to find two geniuses and assign one competent coach to them - all this is casuistry, in my opinion. Austria wins alpine skiing, because it national species sports With Norway, everything is generally clear. And a coach from far abroad is not a panacea, of course, but the arrival of such a specialist can be a good positive shake-up, “wake up the athletes.” Sometimes it is enough for a rider who is used to driving himself into insensibility to be taught how to rest properly, be distracted, and recover properly - both physically and psychologically. Western experts know a lot about this.
What are your general expectations from the Olympics? Maybe there are those for whom you will worry personally?
Necessarily. But I'll keep this to myself. We are a pan-European sports channel and naturally it implies that they should, if possible, distribute their experiences evenly and give credit to the strongest. One way or another, I always especially root for those who have served their cause for a long time and faithfully, for whom sport is an eternal pursuit of excellence, and for those who had a particularly difficult fate - injuries, other circumstances - but they did not give up.
The Gracenote agency, which specializes in processing statistical information, in the latest version of its forecast insists that Germany will win the overall medal standings at Pyeongchang 2018. And the USA and Canada will also be left behind. Belarus is given two silver medals. How adequate is this forecast?
Well, they are statisticians who know everything. And in principle, I don’t really like numbers and forecasting. It’s interesting for me to be surprised, it’s interesting when any forecasts collapse. And, to be honest, the same goes for me with medal scores. difficult relationships, there is always an unhealthy excitement around them - almost the same as in those years when in on a global scale the sport was a fierce tennis match across iron curtain between political and economic systems. I'm interested in personalities and incredible, memorable stories. Therefore, one medal can sometimes sink into memory deeper than three columns with the number of medals.
Some of my colleagues asked me to thank you for your work and wish you bright reports and a grateful audience. Including Sergey Yuzhik (bulba_beer), whom you may remember from the Eurosport forum. Successful Olympics to us and you!
Thank you! Of course I remember. The forum was a useful tool, a good platform for interaction, until it suffered a sad but typical fate - an invasion of trolls, fake characters and simply not quite mentally healthy individuals. And we closed it. Hello back to colleagues! I wish them and myself a beautiful sports performance at the Olympics that will inspire people to take their skis - or whatever they like best - and go discover new life. Believe in yourself and realize the value of your destiny. Sport makes us capable of taking action and changing our lives, in every sense, for the better.
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Welcome to the official website of sports commentator Sergei Kurdyukov. He was born in 1968. Since childhood, he was fond of cycling, and a little later, in his youth, skiing and kayaking. It was then that his knowledge of various types sports, which Sergei later uses in his career.
Personal achievements
His journalistic career on television began more than a decade ago. And for 11 years now, Sergei has been working on the Eurosport TV channel, where he is a successful and sought-after sports commentator. Over the years of work, he managed to comment on almost all sports - biathlon, bicycle racing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, football, hockey. And in all cases, Sergey shows high-quality professionalism and knowledge of the matter. This is because he is constantly in the learning stage, systematically deepening his knowledge and learning the latest news from the Internet.
Sergei also has his own preferences. Most of all, he likes to comment on winter sports, which is what he does most often. Thanks to his professional and responsible approach to work, Sergei became widely known among Russian fans. His comments are always appropriate and competent, and his spoken phrases are immediately remembered by listeners.
Nowadays
Now Sergey is one of the most successful and sought-after Russian commentators. Extensive and multifaceted knowledge different types sports make him a universal commentator who is able to show " aerobatics"in any match or championship. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling and reading. More detailed information Read about Sergei Kurdyukov on the official website.
When I come across a broadcast of any cycling race, I always by default expect to hear the voice of Sergei Kurdyukov. Sometimes it’s really him who comments, sometimes the air is suddenly filled with an incomprehensible set of sounds (then it turns out that the hill led to some Flemish or Danish channel). Now this is not of such fundamental importance, but once upon a time it was this instantly recognizable slightly hoarse voice that discovered cycling for me.
Probably not one Russian journalist Cycling does not personify one of the sports as much as Kurdyukov does. When I first heard his broadcasts (dating back to 2002), it seemed to me that he was a very elderly aksakal veteran of the commentary booth - gray-haired, with a thick beard, a prickly gaze and not too objectively aware of what was happening in real world. Somehow he was unusually well versed in all the little things that he had never heard of before. Usually such people, gaining purely special knowledge, hopelessly miss something in the other.
Then, at one stage of Giro Kurdyukov, he talked about another offense of Marco Pantani, who, it seems, was set on fire by local carabinieri in a hotel with something that could be found on the WADA prohibited list. The scale of the Pirate’s personality and his tragedy was completely far from me at that time, but it was absolutely impossible not to be carried away by the story. Perhaps, at that moment, you could safely cut off the picture - you would still be stuck in front of the TV, like a football fan in front of the radio half a century ago.
Then it turned out that it was not some grandfather at the microphone, but a completely young dude who, moreover, was completely open to the public. It turned out to be very easy to find feedback with him online, and it was Kurdyukov who became one of the first Russian commentators to turn ordinary fans into participants in the report using Twitter and other things. Recently, when Sergey came to the capital of Kazakhstan for the presentation of Astana, our first personal meeting took place. There he spoke very openly and easily with all the fans. As a result, it turned out that of all the participants in the presentation, it was the presenter who was the last to be released by the fans.
What surprised me most in Kurdyukov’s comments was not the ability to give five-hour live shows in one go, but a huge store of knowledge. I can’t imagine how and how much preparation should be carried out for each report, but he is always not only aware of what is happening in the peloton, but can also tell about literally everything that comes along the riders’ path: from a city of a million people to a nameless mill built in time immemorial a local baron (if bicycle racing ever disappears from Eurosport, then a direct path to becoming a guide is open to someone).
In many ways, a journalist is helped by the fact that he himself is close to what he is talking about. He knows in practice how a professional racer’s collarbone breaks and what it’s like to climb a mountain like Shymbulak on a bike at a brisk pace. At the same time, Kurdyukov maintains friendly relations not only with many “our” cyclists, but also with foreign athletes. In the harsh world of professional cycling racing, it is not so easy to make such serious acquaintances.
Kurdyukov also works in biathlon racing, ski jumping and cross-country skiing. I don’t know what his activity looks like here from the point of view of experts (it’s hard for me to assess the conditional position of a ski jumper’s body in the air phase), but as a viewer I like his comments much more than other Eurosports journalists, because the main quality that has always distinguished Kurdyukov is: is his ability to empathize and rejoice with the athletes. To prove this, there are a couple of videos attached below.
Eurosport TV channel commentator Sergei Kurdyukov, after a busy cycling summer, is preparing for emotional winter reporting. Sports.ru talked to one of the most meticulous and, perhaps, less popular commentators and found out how long his preparation for the broadcast lasts, whether there is any benefit from communicating with fans on Twitter, whether it is necessary to criticize Dmitry Guberniev and whether Valery Karpin will be able to manage a large cycling team .
Season
– I liked each stage race this season in its own way. But the Vuelta surpassed all the others in terms of drama, although it would be unfair to say that it was the most eventful. At other races there were also super loads, a fight for life, and beautiful stages. Dramatic and tragic, unfortunately, too. Overall, the super stage race season turned out to be the most impressive in last years.
One of the main themes of the season is the delay in resolving the “Contador case”.
– When the races were going on, I thought almost nothing about it. Between races, yes, there was time to think. Of course, the situation turned out to be strange and, what can I say, stupid. Because Alberto’s disqualification could redraw the protocols that were filled out more than a year ago.
Was there tension within the peloton about this?
– I wouldn’t say that the thought of this constantly put pressure on the riders. They did their job, and did not guess what the court's verdict would be. Moreover, the meeting was constantly postponed.
The best Russian stage racer, Denis Menshov, had an ambiguous season. Do you think he will still have opportunities to compete for the podium?
- Firstly, he already had them, at the same Vuelta. IN last days race, it was clear that if it had not been for the loss at the beginning - largely offensive and arising out of nowhere - then, at a minimum, he would have stood on the podium. Denis could aim for victory under certain circumstances, although the route was not suitable for him, just like at the Giro... But there is a move. Thank God, he is still at the age and condition when he can think about the future, and not be consoled by memories.
This year, the American HTC disappeared, two Belgian teams merged, as well as RadioShack and Leopard Trek. Maybe it's time for teams to create their own Champions League and stop asking sponsors for money?
“This is a very risky recipe that can be crowned with both colossal success and catastrophic failure.” The movement towards self-sufficiency is known to have conflicts with the UCI. But there are so many different poles here, each has its own truth, and not everything is determined by economics. It seems to me that there is no need to make sudden movements; we need to develop a more perfect system through dialogue and joint efforts. And the breakups and mergers of very strong teams are, among other things, a reflection of the unstable situation in the global economy.
Reports
How long does it take you to prepare for your reports?
– About the same amount as the report itself, sometimes more. Not everything is used, but you have to be aware of everything that is happening to understand where everything comes from; You learn many important things only before the start. Some moments need to be analyzed, some thoughts need to be compared with the thoughts of colleagues. Draw a portrait of a racer who gives a reason to talk about himself. This is not only a process of collecting facts, but living in the rhythm of a race.
Is it possible to work out a stage well in a multi-day race without preparing for it at all?
– You can spend a whole multi-day race like this, that’s not the question. The question is what is more interesting when you are in the know. All journalism is based on curiosity. In addition, you want to have a certain plot in order to direct the next report, and it should not repeat the previous one - otherwise you will not hold people’s attention. Of course, you can work on old stocks and current results. But then you will degrade, not develop. After all, we work for people. But it would be dishonest to cut corners with oneself.
Were there reports where you didn’t have time to prepare and had to improvise?
– I improvise all the time, it’s part of live broadcast. And much of what is prepared in advance remains completely unclaimed. It all depends on how the race goes.
Do you feel the load? Do you get tired by the third week of big races?
- But of course! Long timing, impact on the voice. If you don’t learn to distribute yourself correctly, you won’t last long in this craft. But I always tell myself: this is not comparable to what the messengers endure. And so - emotional, mental and physical activity... Yes, all this has an effect. A super multi-day race is in any case the biggest workload for a commentator. Sometimes it’s also the World Championship.
Most sports do not provide such length commentary. And those that have a similar length are incomparable in emotional intensity, the number of objects of attention, and the changeability of the situation. There, 90 percent of the time events happen in a measured manner. And in cycling - remember what the riders said in the first week of the Tour: you spend four hours racing average speed under 50 and you don’t have the right to lose concentration for a second. Commentators also have something similar.
And here’s another important thing: you definitely need to find an opportunity to move. “Practice” is, of course, a strong word; against the background of important series of reports, there is neither time nor energy for full-fledged training, I’ll catch up later - but to stop burning my brains and work my muscles for a while, to breathe - for me this is necessary.
In your reports you present almost all racers as heroes.
- Because that's how it is. I always worry about the messengers; I look at any situation, first of all, from the position of a driver who does a hellishly hard job, who, as a rule, has a short life, and the likelihood of leaving a great mark in the history of the sport is small for a number of reasons... I I simply don’t feel like I have the right to be a cold arbiter.
Fans
- Definitely, yes. The geography of the audience and its activity are expanding. Feedback this only confirms... Given the modern oversaturation of various spectacles, this is a very good symptom. We will try to ensure that growth does not stop.
You constantly communicate with fans on Twitter. Do you like this dialogue?
- Differently. More often I like it than not. The possibility of contact in real time is created; at the same time, I get a certain cross-section of preferences, which is interesting to the fans. This is also an additional emotional background– our virtual stands are almost turning into real ones. Although something in the style of banal trolling, which is already sick and tired of the forums, may appear in the message column.
"Katyusha", Guberniev and Karpin
Fans sometimes reproach you for not criticizing Katyusha, whose season, frankly speaking, did not quite work out. Do you have anything to object to them?
– When there are mistakes, I will always state them. But the genre of my reporting does not involve half-an-hour delving into problems or lengthy critical analyzes. There is a race going on, not a reporting and election conference. My genre is mostly sports performance. We play it out together with the drivers, coaches, mechanics, operators, everyone has their own role. And people gather around screens and on roadsides to watch the vibrant spectacle. And in order, naturally, to cheer, most often for our own people.
Filling the ether space with a barrage of critical arrows is simply not my style. This applies not only to Katyusha. Of course, I can express my position regarding this or that problem. But I will always with great pleasure praise someone who deserves praise. I have too much respect for a person on any sports track, because I know this work.
How do you rate the Katyusha season? To some extent, performing at the Tour de France with a Russian team is not the best idea.
– As for the Tour, it was an experiment, if you like. Probably premature. Perhaps it’s too early to exhibit it in its entirety Russian composition. The new multi-day core in Russian cycling has not yet been formed, young people are just growing up... It was a leap over the step. And during this jump they stumbled. Where there was a more balanced lineup, like at the Vuelta, the team managed to perform well. Feeling the feasibility of their ambitions, people worked differently.
During one of the stages of the Vuelta, you remembered Valery Karpin, the head coach and general director of the football team Spartak. They said that the Spanish fans treat him very well. Would you personally like him to work as a manager in Russian cycling?
– Well, it’s up to him to decide (laughs). It would certainly be an interesting experience. But it seems to me that he now has a different vector, a different chapter in his life. Although interactions between sports worlds always welcome.
By the way, did you talk with your colleague Dmitry Guberniev about the famous events during the break of the Spartak - CSKA match?
- No, we didn’t talk. It's funny, but I was completely unaware of the situation. After this episode, they started calling me in the morning from different media outlets, and the day before I had a lot of work (I’m not only on air - I write, I take photographs), I slept for quite a long time... “What do you think about the scandal with Dima?” “What scandal? I just tore my eyes out!” Then they helped me get into the swing of things. Well... Probably, if I had even talked to him about this, it would have been completely banal. I can imagine. A lot of different things happen in the life of a commentator. On-air positions are perhaps the most vulnerable ones, and one must walk carefully through this minefield. No one is immune from all sorts of troubles.
Something else struck me. That giant “yellow shaft” that this mega-event raised. When even fairly serious media outlets milked this story for a week - well, I don’t know... The parties have grievances against each other - let them sort it out among themselves. Humanity has much more serious problems, which are touched upon only once a month, in passing, in the “This is interesting” section. It is much easier to completely impose pop approaches. Well, okay, this is a topic for another conversation.
Creative biography of Sergei Kurdyukov
Sergey Kurdyukov is a Russian athlete and famous commentator who works on the Eurosport channel. He was born in the city of Mozdok in 1968. He received his education in Moscow at the Linguistic University. According to information from the official website of agent Sergei Kurdyukov, in 1997 he decided to engage in sports journalism. At the same time, Sergei himself is an athlete, a master of sports in cycling. In addition, in different time Throughout his life he was involved in rowing, skiing and swimming. He is very demanding of himself and strives to achieve all the goals he sets for himself. Sergey is a very efficient and responsible person. He lived in Italy for a very long time, so he is very sensitive to this country. Before Eurosport, Kurdyukov worked on several channels. And he has been working at Eurosport for more than twelve years. It is Sergei who performs comments on various sporting events. But he himself prefers winter sports, including biathlon, ski jumping and others. By the way, the channel’s management is happy to meet him and order commentaries on these particular sporting events. And you can order Sergei Kurdyukov for a corporate event or a wedding. He is a wonderful athlete, an excellent commentator and just very interesting person. He spends a lot of time reading and loves poetry and drama. Sergey adheres to the correct lifestyle, and promotes it by his personal example. He continues to be actively involved in sports even now. With us you can always invite Sergei Kurdyukov to an event or a holiday. He can host your celebration, or become a commentator on a private sporting event. We work with this Russian athlete and commentator without intermediaries, so we organize his participation at the most worthy level. You can always contact us, and our team will be happy to help you!