Olympic ski relay champion Veronique Stepanova on the air of the program “All for the Match!” said that the strongest Russian athletes should take part in educational events aimed at young people and motivate them to develop in sports.
Stepanova took part in several sessions of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), which takes place from September 3 to 6 in Vladivostok. Earlier, the skier announced that she would miss the upcoming season as she prepares to become a mother.
“New things are happening, we need to move and adapt.” And the sooner the better. We now have new commercial launches, more active public events that attract us, the Olympic champions, and we are open to them. This needs to be systematized, perhaps even stipulated in employment contracts that we, especially the Olympic champions, are obliged to participate in educational events and encourage young people to develop in a sporting direction. After all, we are ambassadors of our sport and healthy lifestyle. “We have an example,” Stepanova said on .
In addition, Olympic cross-country skiing champion Alexander Legkov told on VEF that he was waiting for the full return of Russian athletes to international competitions.
“I sincerely hope that sooner or later we will return there too.” For us, everything comes in waves in this life. First, there are athletes who went to the Olympics and have now won many medals at the Paralympics. We know where they come from, they returned to our country and did not change their citizenship. All this is good, but on the other hand, I want to be free and come and fight. Russia is a sports power. I really hope that we will continue to develop this sport,” Legkov said on .
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