Olympic cross-country ski champion Veronica Stepanova announced that she will not participate in the skiathlon at the fifth stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup, which takes place in Kazan.
On Saturday, Stepanova missed the classic sprint race in Kazan.
—Thank you, Tatarstan! Zur rahmat! The Russian Cup stage is over for me, I will not run a skiathlon. It’s our unanimous decision with Sorin. I am sincerely sorry – Tatarstan literally made everyone happy. Besides the frost – by next year, please work, provide, arrange a little milder weather – now I know for sure that you can do everything! — wrote Stepanova on the Telegram channel.
The women’s skiathlon will take place on Sunday; watch the race broadcast live on the and Match channels! TV. Arena” from 9:50 Moscow time, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV

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