Olympic cross-country skiing champion Veronique Stepanova In her column on , she explained why she decided to become a mother now, and also indicated when she plans to return to sport after her pregnancy.
At the end of last season, Stepanova won the overall standings of the Russian Cup and also became the best in the long-distance running standings. Last week, the 23-year-old athlete posted a photo on social networks next to her crib and announced that she was preparing to become a mother and would therefore miss the upcoming season.
– The year was also taken into account – I solved all the problems of the first stage of my sports career, and there is still a year and a half left before the Olympics. And, of course, I carefully watched how Tatyana Sorina and Yulia Stupak, my colleagues in the Olympic relay, returned to sports after giving birth – they had only a year and a half left before the Beijing Olympics.
In recent months, I have been paying particular attention to how Natalya Terentyeva lives and acts. “I will follow in her footsteps, train throughout my pregnancy and prepare to continue my sports career in 2025,” Stepanova wrote.
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