Olympic cross-country ski champion Veronica Stepanova in a column on , she wrote that the Ski Racing Federation of Tatarstan is significantly ahead of the federations of other regions in terms of organizing the work process.
On Saturday, the president of the Tatarstan Ski Racing Federation, Ilshat Fardiev, announced the transfer of 27-year-old Alexander Bolshunov to the regional 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).
— Last year, I had a conversation with one of the leaders of the ski federation of a large region. “Sorry, Veronica, but I don’t have the abilities of Ilshat Shaekhovich Fardiev.” It was not about my personal material “desires” – they were ready to offer me just that, even better than Tatarstan. What they don’t have is an organized process, no systems, and seemingly no clear goals.
Any ambitious athlete will tell you that the system is more important than the amount of compensation. I will try to explain to you with an example: I need wheels from a certain manufacturer for roller skis. All skiers know that they are the ones who don’t slide on a wet slope. Monday I make a request and on Wednesday these wheels are sent to me. It is this organization of processes that other skiers envy, not the money.
Why then didn’t I show up in Tatarstan earlier, since we had negotiations three years ago? It’s simple: Tatarstan is so far ahead in terms of organization that competition is essential. It is competition that leads to development, including the development of public interest. And in the Arkhangelsk region it was precisely planned to create something similar; all participants in the “Arkhangelsk Project” had ambitions. Two (or better yet three) superclubs are much better than one. Unfortunately, it has not worked yet,” Stepanova wrote.
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