President of the Russian Ski Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe evaluated the results of the current season and also gave advice to Russian athletes in the context of international sanctions.
— Did everything go as planned this season?
— It’s probably hard for me to judge. That’s for the outsiders to decide, but judging by how much they talked about ski racing during the season and still talk about it, it seems to me we had a very good season. According to my inner feeling, we succeeded.
— Have you accomplished all the tasks you set for yourself?
“I can’t say that all athletes have accomplished their tasks; everyone has their own goals.” Some succeeded, others did not. The main start of the season was the Spartakiad, the greatest attention was paid to it. Some athletes have failed to be in the form they should be at the start of the season. But in general, at every race there was such a competition between girls and boys…
— The most important thing is that the guys are well motivated. Although many expect our skiers to turn sour…
— It seems to me that the word “motivation” is not entirely correct for sports, because an athlete must have a goal. If you have it, you still have motivation.
– Do your guys have a goal now?
— The men aim to beat Bolshunov, who participates in all competitions. The leaders who are not far from him really want to beat him in every race. The leader of the girls was Stepanova. Considering the fact that she hasn’t won every race, but everyone wants to beat her too. It is clear that we all wish and hope to the end that the sanctions against Russian sports will be lifted and we will go to the Olympic Games. But it seems to me that every athlete should set goals for today. There was the Spartakiad and the Russian Championship… These are also very serious goals, ”Vyalbe said on the air of the program “Everyone for the match! on .
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