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Four-time USSR champion Sergey Sokarev tragically died in a fire Report.az
12 September 2025, 14:01
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Four-time USSR champion Sergey Sokarev tragically died in a fire

Four-time USSR cross-country skiing champion Sergey Sokarev has died.

Report, citing local media, reports that the veteran athlete died tragically at the age of 69.

He died in a fire as a result of the burning of six garages in the Leningrad region.

It should be noted that Sokarev repeatedly won the 70 km cross-country skiing race at the USSR Championship. He is also a bronze medalist of the World Cup.

Cross-country skiing USSR died in a fire Sergey Sokarev
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