Maxim Vylegzhanin

Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
Silver	2009 Liberec	50 km
Silver	2011 Holmenkollen	30 km pursuit
Silver	2011 Holmenkollen	50 km

Maxim Mikhailovich Vylegzhanin (Russian: Максим Михайлович Вылегжанин) (born October 18, 1982 in Sharkan, Udmurtia) is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. Height 170 cm. First World Cup start 22.01.2005 Pragelato (ITA). He won a silver medal in the 50 km event (time: 1:59:38:8 - average speed 25,1 km/h) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

Vylegzhanin's best individual World Cup finish was first place in the 30 km in La Clusaz in December 2010. He has a total of four victories ranging from pursuit to 50 km between 2007 and 2008, all in lesser events.

Vylegzhanin also finished eighth in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Vylegzhanin was not allowed to start in FIS races due to high hemoglobin levels several times, for example during the FIS Tour de Ski 2009-2010 after a no-notice doping test in Tauplitz while he was training with the Russian team. End of December 2010 Vylegzhanin again was not allowed to start in the FIS Tour de Ski. This happened some days after his surprising victory over Petter Northug (Norway) on the finishline in La Clusaz (France). Commenting on this case, FIS race director Jürg Capol (Switzerland) pointed out that it is possible for athletes to register exceptionally high hemoglobin levels with the FIS, if caused by genetical reasons. This however was not the case with Vylegzhanin. About 8 weeks after this occurrence Vylegzhanin is taking part in the FIS World Championships 2011 in Oslo (Norway) placing second with Petter Northug (Norway) winning the race and Russian Ilia Chernousov placing third in the 30 km. He won once again a silver medal in the 50 km on the 6th of March 2011, finishing just behind Petter Northug.

References

• Maxim Vylegzhanin at the International Ski Federation
• Zeit online: http://www.zeit.de/sport-newsticker/2011/1/1/262670xml
• Cross Country Canada: http://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=doc&ID=6246&lan=0
• xc-ski.de: http://www.xc-ski.de/980-dopingverdacht-schatten-ueber-der-tour-de-ski.html
• xc-ski.de: http://www.xc-ski.de/796-weltcup-davos-sui-15km-f-herren.html

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Name	Vylegzhanin, Maxim
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Date of birth	October 18, 1982
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