GALUK Svetlana (UKR) - Gold medalist

On today's performance:

“My state was not very good at the beginning of the race. My throat hurt. But we did a good job and won the gold medal. It is a surprise for us, for we have not predicted this achievement.

On the achievement:

“ Now we were so excited to say anything about the achievement. Maybe we should thank the audience in Laoshan velodrom. Chinese people are very polite and ebullient. We can perceive the passion and the encouragement for us. We want to be in Beijing again.

KALITOVSKA Lesya (UKR) - Gold medalist

On her feeling of the results delay

“We didn't know whether we had won the match. We just looked at our coach to find his reaction. We didn't know whether we had done a good jobs”

On the difficulty of their cooperation at the beginning:

“I am good at short distance events, and my teammates are good at long distance events. We could not keep the same speed at first.”

On the opponents of Russia:

“We only had a narrow margin with Russia in Sydney World Cup. At first, we didn't know how to control the race, but we do it better recently.