Olympic champion Veronica Stepanova In her column on , she wrote that the traditional rivalry between Russian skiers and Norwegians and Swedes interests only a small group of fans of the sport.
At the end of the season, Stepanova won the overall ranking of the Russian Cup, and also became the best in the ranking of distance races.
– The “ski experts” laugh: who will race now with the Russian athletes? Iranians and North Koreans?! A-ha-ha-ha! Why not – if we make a mixed relay race, where the champion of Russia runs in a team with the fifth number of the Iranian team, and the fifth number of the Russian team runs with the champion, otherwise of all China , then at least the ten millionth Harbin?
Two things matter in sport: entertainment and unpredictability. And the traditions that we must follow exclusively with Norwegians and Swedes are aimed at a relatively small group of aesthetes. People who consider themselves real fans, but who, unfortunately, are statistically nothing more than an audience measurement error. Any sport, any competition can be promoted. Look at Turkish women’s volleyball, which is the world leader: has anyone heard of Turkish volleyball ten years ago? This is what should be an example, especially for girls,” Stepanova wrote in a column on .
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