2018 Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing Andrei Larkov in an interview with , he expressed the opinion that at Russian departures athletes should play for the regions in which they were born.
Larkov plays in the national team of Tatarstan.
– Do young athletes often ask for advice in the national team of Tatarstan?
– Yes of course. I’ve been telling them for a long time, “When are you going to start beating me?” (Laughs). And so, now there are Timashov and Gorbunov in the team. Yet they are not local, although they are supporters of the republic. My personal attitude on this is not very…
– For what?
– I must say right away that I am not very correct in this regard. Seems to me that if you’re advocating some kind of republic, you should be local. All the so-called “outsiders” that I don’t really understand in this regard. Although my opinion is probably wrong.
“That is to say that in general you don’t like people from one region going to play for another?”
– Yes. We have our own staff which can be developed. However, management decided to always be ahead. It probably works. That year we won the general classification, and this year we are also doing well,” Larkov told .
Larkov is 33 years old, he is also a two-time world championship silver medalist. At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, the Russian skier took third place in the 50 km marathon and second place in the relay race as part of the Russian team.
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Source : MatchTV
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