Olympic cross-country skiing champion Veronika Stepanova in a column on , she declared herself ready to participate in cross-country skiing competitions in Saudi Arabia.
This country has received the right to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029. Competitions are planned in the city of Neome, which has not yet been built.
On October 22, the International Ski Federation may decide to withdraw Russian skiers from participating in the World Cup and the World Championship. It is expected that the relevant matter will be considered at the next meeting of the Board of the organization.
– There is another scenario. You must have seen Saudi Arabia win the bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Neom. This city, which remains to be built, is part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 national development plan. The cost of the project is estimated to be around $500,000,000,000 (yes, that’s $500 billion). It seems to me that it is quite enough to create ultra-modern ski slopes in the desert, even on artificial snow, even on natural (as in Kontiolahti, for example – only more powerful and modern).
Personally, it will be much more interesting for me to compete there, outside of politics. And I don’t care at all that it will seem to someone a “fake ski race”. In the past, hockey was played on the street and without a helmet. And let the Swedes and Norwegians race against each other through their forests and call it at least an “intergalactic cup”, wrote Stepanova.
Source : MatchTV
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