President of the Russian Ski Federation Elena Vyalbe in an interview with she said she was happy for the Olympic champion Veronica Stepanova who is preparing to become a mother.
Stepanova announced her pregnancy at the end of August. The athlete will miss the 2024/25 season.
— Veronica Stepanova went on maternity leave. Who would you like to see in his family – a future skier or a skier?
“The main thing is to have a healthy child, that’s above all.” And everything else doesn’t matter, whether it’s a chess player, a figure skater or even outside of sports. But since I like boys more, I would like her to give birth to a son.
— When skiers announce that they are pregnant, is that happiness for you? Or are you upset that the athlete is no longer enrolled in the athletic program?
— A woman who gives birth to a child and returns to sports will have time to do everything that she could not do before. Especially if you have reached a certain age. I’ll be honest: I’m very happy for them, because life certainly doesn’t stop at sports and the goal of every woman is to be a mother.
And then those athletes who leave the sport will more than once remember me with a kind word that they have a child and a medal. It doesn’t bother you at all, believe me.
– Are they asking you to be godmother?
“And I am the godmother of some children,” Vyalbe told .
At the end of last season, Stepanova won the overall ranking of the Russian Cup and also became the best in the long-distance race standings.
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Source : MatchTV
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