Norwegian skiers respect top Russian athletes, including three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov said the Olympic silver medalist Alexander Panjinsky .
Russian athletes have been suspended from participating in international competitions in many sports due to the situation in Ukraine. Earlier, Olympic champion skier Yulia Stupak suggested that Russian and foreign athletes meet on neutral territory to discuss the issue of sanctions against Russians.
– Barbs against the Russians? Norwegians have a lot of people who sympathize with Russian athletes. Journalists remove those who are negative about the return of the Russians. When there were no disqualifications after 2014, no political debate, there were dissatisfied opinions towards Russians. Not everyone is tolerant of competition enough when you get beat up once in a while. They don’t like Bolshunov because he takes gold medals from them.
Norwegian athletes respect Bolshunov, Ustyugov , Nepryaeva . They run together, they understand his strength, they would gladly lure him into the collection. Earlier Kriukov I came to the training camp with Norwegian skiers, they shared secrets, trained according to their plan. They said they want to develop the sport, they don’t want to shut down.
If there was no political pressure, they would be open and communicate with us. Stupak said the athletes were ready for a dialogue, but so far they are not allowing it to happen. Now it’s hard to imagine that will happen,” Panzhinsky said on the show “There is a theme! on the channel.
“” broadcasts the All-Russian competition “Champion Heights” live (February 23 – March 5).
Source : MatchTV
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