Olympic cross-country skiing champion Veronika Stepanova wrote in her column on that she has not yet had time to properly familiarize herself with the sights of the Arkhangelsk region, which she represents with her territory native of Kamchatka.
In July, it became known that Olympic champion Alexei Chervotkin, World Cup medalist Maria Istomina, two-time junior world champion Savely Korostelev, Russian Championship medalist Alina Pekletsova and Olympic champion Veronika Stepanova joined the cross-country ski team of the Arkhangelsk region. Stepanova previously announced that she would represent the Kamchatka Territory.
— Commenting on our races the other day, the famous ski judge Vyacheslav Vedenin said with some sadness that the Arkhangelsk region offers a number of skiers “very attractive conditions.” I would like to remind you that Vedenin has also been president of the Moscow Ski Racing Federation since this year. Why, Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich, are you not looking for sponsors to attract the best skiers under your banner? Bolshunov, Terentyeva, Korostylev, Pekletsova and even I, under contract, are paid not by the region, nor by the regional budget, but by a private ski club, the emblem of which you all see on our overalls. And the fact that the rankings are based on regions and not clubs is how the system is built. In my opinion, this is not entirely correct – people are confused, they think that we really withdrew funds from young skiers from Arkhangelsk.
For me, such a system is outdated and does not fully reflect the real situation. But she is who she is. As for the flag of St. Andrew of the Arkhangelsk region next to my surname, it is beautiful, but nevertheless unusual. I still know little about the Arkhangelsk region – apart from the Malinovka ski complex and the regional center of Velsk, I have not been anywhere. A typical professional athlete, invited primarily for his skills. But that’s not all: my contract also clearly states that we will work to increase the popularity of this sport. And I take this clause of the contract seriously,” Stepanova wrote.
Source : MatchTV
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