Наталья Сокол

Dmitriy Cherny won the men's standings at Sun, the first race of the space series, with an average pace of 3:50. On 28 September he took first place from Konstantin Volkov, who had led for less than two hours. In the women's race Natalia Sokol led from 7 September and finished two and a half seconds per kilometre ahead of Anna Egorova, while Ekaterina Gavrilova held on to third by a third of a second.

October 2

25 km Multirun through 30 September. By midday on the 14th, 23 athletes have already closed the distance; Tsvetkov holds the men's pace, Sokol the women's. Tindikov at 4:09 and Egorova at 4:43 are not among the finishers yet.

September 14

Two July races — and twice the same result: Yulia first, Ekaterina Gavrilova second. Gavrilova has six overall seconds in her career and not a single first. Before season 263 ends, the pair still has one more chance to meet directly.

September 9