Stepanova: “The young skiers from Malinovka did not bother me or my colleagues, even if their presence on unsuitable slopes was surprising”

Olympic champion Veronica Stepanova in her column on , she placed the location of the Malinovka cross-country ski center in second place on the list of main events of the ski season, noting that she was sometimes surprised by the presence of young athletes on the tracks.

Previously, the ULK group of companies, whose CEO is businessman Vladimir Butorin, announced that it would no longer sponsor ski races in the Arkhangelsk region.

— In second place (among the events of the season) is the unexpected development of events around Malinovka. A large project that was developing with confidence collapsed almost overnight. Featuring a massive outpouring of emotion from a variety of skiing and skiing characters. The fact that the interests and approaches of amateur skiers and professional skiers increasingly diverge has become obvious to me for a long time. This is the subject of a separate and lengthy revelation.

In Malinovka, disagreements and contradictions arose. In recent years, the investor “ULK” has clearly created a training base for the national team. Everything there was adapted to our needs: the hotel, the catering (by reservation) and first of all the ski slopes themselves. It’s no coincidence that there wasn’t even a roller ski slope for “amateurs”/children – only hard circles and a very small asphalt area near the biathlon shooting range. This shift toward skiers did not sit well with those who originally created skiing. center of Malinovka. They can also be understood.

The founding fathers wanted to bring together the children’s sections and amateur athletes in the category for which snow is most important. By the way, I have no idea how they circulated in “our” circles. The investor wanted to see professionals or very advanced amateurs. Mass tourism versus selective tourism. Interests ended up diverging. I don’t want to be misunderstood: the young skiers have not bothered me and my colleagues in any way, even if their presence on unsuitable slopes has always surprised us, I have written about it more than once. But ideally, professionals should live and train separately; our needs are very different from those of other skiers. And lead open training sessions with young skiers in their bases, on their slopes. The investor from Malinovka left and, as I understand it, we lost the training base. I think it’s an experience for everyone,” Stepanova wrote in her column on .

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