Olympic silver medalist skier Alexander Panzhinsky told that the Olympic track in the village of Estosadok is not entirely suitable for children’s competitions and called the dropping of the snowcat half an hour before the start the main mistake that led to the failure students at the Spartakiad.
Friday, during the general start race, several skiers were injured following a fall. The president of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR), Elena Vyalbe, told that two athletes were in hospital: one suffered a head injury, the second had a broken arm.
— I think the main mistake was launching the tankette half an hour before departure. It is better not to do this before the start of the race, because the track does not have time to adhere. The slope became fast, and in foggy conditions it is of course dangerous, given that the ski slope did not have time to freeze. I’m not sure there is any criteria under which the race could be canceled due to fog. As far as I can remember, ski races have never been canceled in such conditions. First of all, competitions must be safe. They should bring out the strongest, not the luckiest, and should not end in serious injury. I wish the girls a speedy recovery and hope that such incidents never happen anywhere else.
This route is really difficult and was designed for the Olympic Games. Perhaps this does not correspond to children’s competitions. There is a difficult climate, mid-mountains, the weather changes frequently. It seems to me that the organizers should have made the course easier for the guys, somehow adjusted it in foggy conditions,” Panjinski told .
Source : MatchTV
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