President of the Russian Freestyle Federation Alexei Kurashov, in an interview with , spoke about the expected decision of the International Ski Federation (FIS) to extend the suspension of Russians from international departures.
On Saturday, the FIS Council decided to extend the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions under its auspices for an indefinite period.
– It was expected. We accept this decision. Of course, we had some hopes that the decision would be a fair and objective decision, taking sporting principles into account, but we got what we got. In this situation, we want to know whether foreign athletes can participate in Russian comparisons, the official position on competitions on the territory of the Russian Federation. We are interested in what will happen according to the FIS points of the athletes, their ranking. In a complex, after having answered all these questions, we will understand how to build a work on the preparation of our athletes so that they are competitive.
The bans are valid for certain periods of time, they can be short or long, we have to keep working,” Kurashov told .
– Should I go to CAS? Or wave your hand?
We understand that this is a political decision. We went through CAS, we saw how a decision is made. You have to focus on the preparation of the reserve. In the spring, they determined a schedule plan with the possibility of not going to international departures.
An official memorandum has been signed with Belarus, and we are coordinating the calendar and the training plan with them.
Source : MatchTV
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