The more Russian athletes do not participate in international competitions, the shorter will be the agony of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), which is doing everything to degrade ski racing, said the host and commentator of . Dmitry Guberniev.
On Wednesday, FIS council member Erik Röste said the decision to exclude the Russians and Belarusians from the tournament under the organization’s auspices had been extended for the upcoming season.
— The FIS does everything to ensure that skis deteriorate, whether our athletes perform well or not. The entire policy of the FIS, from the organization of competitions to the equalization of distances, is the absolute destruction of cross-country skiing. And the longer Russia does not act, the shorter this agony will be. In biathlon for example, the situation, unfortunately for us, is completely different. But in skiing, we are the hegemons, and without us, television audiences drop, etc. I think the FIS are just masochists.
In this situation, the political situation dominates business. But in the United States, where the NHL, UFC and business dominate the situation, and our athletes can compete calmly and freely. It’s the same thing for tennis. In other sports, including skiing, “alas and ahs,” Guberniev told the correspondent.
Russians and Belarusians have been suspended from FIS competitions since March 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV
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