Olympic cross-country ski champion Veronica Stepanova in a column on , she wrote that she was very impressed by the new ski base near Kazan.
On Saturday, a new modular ski base and a 3 km long illuminated slope were opened in the Mirny microdistrict of Zelenodolsk. Next year, within the framework of the republican program, it is planned to equip a ski base in the village of Vasilyevo. Thus, there will be three ski centers in the region: SK Mayak, bases in Mirny and Vasilyevo.
— On Saturday, I had the honor of participating in the opening of the Zelenodolsk Ski Academy. These are not just words: it is not every day that we see a sports center rebuilt with the latest technologies, which has, or will very soon have, literally everything to raise the super skiers of the new generation. This is precisely the goal set by the management of ski racing in Tatarstan: the academy will bring together the best young skiers, not only from the republic itself, but also from other regions.
The Zelenodolsk center will be named after 2018 Olympic silver medalist Andrei Larkov, and it will be assisted by two famous skiers – Aliya Iksanova and Anastasia Dotsenko. All three recently competed on the national team. I do not want to offend local coaches in any way, but to train new world leaders, we need to experience in practice what modern methods of training elite athletes are. This is more important than a formal diploma,” Stepanova wrote.
On Saturday, the president of the Tatarstan Ski Racing Federation Ilshat Fardiev announced the transfer of 27-year-old Alexander Bolshunov to the republic’s national team. Previously, the skier competed for the Arkhangelsk region. During the offseason, the Tatarstan national team was also replenished by Veronika Stepanova, Savely Korostelev and Natalya Terentyeva (Nepryaeva).
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