Lazutina, Larissa (c. 1966—)
Lazutina, Larissa (c. 1966—)
Russian cross-country skier. Name variations: Larissa Lazhutina. Born around 1966.
Larissa Lazutina was a relay gold medalist in the 1992 (Albertville) and 1994 (Lillehammer) Olympics. In 1998, she won the silver in the 1500K cross-country classical race in Nagano, finishing 47:01.4 to teammate Olga Danilova 's 46:55.4. Two days later, battling blinding snow, Lazutina took the gold medal in the women's 5-kilometer classical cross-country race with a time of 17:39.9. She then added another gold medal in the 10-kilometer freestyle with a time of 46:06.9, and a gold medal in the 4x5-kilometer relay. Her teammates in the relay, with a time of 55:13.5, were Danilova, Nina Gavriliuk , and Yelena Välbe . Norway finished second (Bente Martinsen, Marit Mikkelsplass, Elin Nilsen, Anita Moen-Guidon ) with a time of 55:38.0, and Italy third (Karin Moroder, Gabriella Paruzzi, Manuela di Centa , and Stefania Belmondo ) with a time of 56:53.3.