Coach of the Russian team Yuri Borodavko commenting for “” on the words of the eight-time Olympic biathlon champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen said that the President of the Russian Ski Competition Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe at each meeting of the International Ski Federation (FIS) makes proposals that are absolutely not taken into account.
Bjoerndalen has previously told Expressen that cross-country skiing is going in the wrong direction. According to him, what is happening is a disaster, and the FIS is responsible for it.
– Is the development of cross-country skiing going in the wrong direction?
“We’ve been talking about it for a long time. Elena Valerievna Vyalbe at each FIS meeting makes proposals that are absolutely not taken into account. Everything is done solely on the proposals of other countries. Our questions are not even discussed. We have long been warned that this will be the case. Everything was done to please certain leaders of the FIS who promoted certain ideas. There was a bias towards sprinting, increasing distances.
Today, this is noticed not only by us, but also by other specialists. Maybe they will now listen and understand what is happening? I would say even more. Loyalty to the Norwegian team for the same therapeutic approvals are also links in the same chain. This gives them a certain advantage over others. No other country has as many therapeutic approvals as Norway. It doesn’t matter how we say that anti-asthmatic drugs don’t work… If they don’t work, they have to be canceled, especially since no one is using them! There are a lot of elements to the current state of skiing, Borodavko told .
Russian skiers have been suspended from participating in competitions under the auspices of the International Ski Federation (FIS) due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV
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