The return of Russian athletes to international competitions will increase the commercial attractiveness of cross-country skiing not only in Norway, but worldwide, which will benefit foreign athletes, according to host and commentator Dmitry Guberniev.
Previously, the Norwegian publication VG reported that the composition of the Norwegian cross-country team next season will be reduced due to financial problems. Norway’s cross-country team manager Espen Bjervig said the Norwegian krone’s weakness against the euro and Swiss franc, rising petrol prices, travel and hotels are imposing a reduction in costs that “affects everyone”.
Last week it became known that the Norwegian national team would stop cooperating with Norengros, a company specializing in the wholesale of household items. The company has been a sponsor of the Norwegian Ski Association for 20 years.
– Norway’s Stabilization Fund – more than one trillion (dollars). Since Russia was forced out of the European market over the past year, Norway has earned 100 billion from gas trading alone. Now imagine what Norway spends money on. A beautiful country, a wonderful standard of living, caring for people, the value of human life.
But sport in Norway lives by commercial laws. In our conditions the state would help the athletes, but in the Norwegian conditions the state will not help. Therefore, the skiers will survive on their own, and for this, including, I respect them, because the Norwegian athlete is not a profiteer. And the president of the Norwegian federation (cross-country skiing) is not a profiteer either, he wins. And many of our federations must learn from this.
I will not be happy that Norwegian skiers have financial problems. In this situation, I hope they find a way out. One of them, of course, is the admission of the Russian ski team, which will increase the commercial attractiveness of ski racing not only in Norway, but throughout Europe and the world, which will help skiers and federations to survive not only in Norway, Guberniev told correspondent “.
Source : MatchTV
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