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Nikita Valeryevich Kryukov (Russian: Никита Валерьевич Крюков; born 30 May 1985) is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. He is a sprint specialist who has won an Olympic Gold two World Championship gold medals five World cup gold medals (three stage races two individual World Cups) all in the sprint events. He is strongest of all in classical sprint but is also strong in freestyle sprint and short distance classical races.