Borodavko explained why it is important for skiers to be overweight during the first training camps

To perform intensive work during the first summer training camp, an athlete needs a layer of fat in the normal range of the body, the head coach of the Russian national ski team told . Yuri Borodavko .

Borodavko’s group finished training camp in Kislovodsk on Tuesday.

– After the holidays, do the athletes in the group have problems with being overweight?

– Everyone has such a problem, because it is very difficult, and bad, to maintain top form. People have the right to relax. Yes, and excess weight is necessary for an athlete during this period, because the training process is very long, you need to have certain fat stores to replenish energy, so everything is within the normal range. To perform such a load, you need to have fat stores. With intensive work, it gives the necessary energy, Borodavko told .

The Borodavko group includes Olympic champions Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Natalia Nepryaeva and Alexei Chervotkin, as well as Nikita Denisov, Artem Maltsev, Alexander Terentiev, Ivan Yakimushkin, Maria Istomina and Daria Nepryaeva.

Source : MatchTV

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