Three-time Olympic champion Anfisa Reztsova on the air “” said that her daughter is a biathlete Daria Virolainen I would continue to play for Russia if I had the opportunity to participate in international competitions.
On Friday, it was learned that the International Biathlon Union (IBU) had authorized Virolainen to represent Finland at international level. The athlete has lived in Finland since 2016. In 2021, she received the citizenship of this country. Virolainen is European champion in the single mixed relay and double silver medalist in the stages of the World Cup.
– How is your health?
– Thank God everyone is alive and well, we will go skiing in the winter.
How is Daria? What are the emotions of the fact that she will play for the Finnish national team?
We are in contact with her. Last year she really wanted [выступать]because he has lived there for a long time, he has Finnish citizenship. Didn’t work last year. Now she is happy, she really wants to extend her career. We Russians are not allowed anywhere. And so she would speak for Russia.
“Can you come there?”
– Let me go, I can come. Parents are allowed.
– How do they react in the press? What are the fans saying?
“I think that by winter the press will somehow start talking about it more. But she has a right. She has dual nationality: Russian and Finnish. She will compete for Finland, if not with such desire, but to prolong her career in the sport to which she has devoted so much time. wants to end on a positive note.
Do you see a light at the end of the tunnel for the Russians?
– I don’t see any hope for the Olympics in the near future, unfortunately. In the future it is possible. It’s a shame. Our athletes are suffering because of politics. Sport is one thing, politics is another. The sports course is short. They went to their heights from the cradle. Let them express themselves a little!
– Should the Russians agree to go to the Games without a flag or an anthem?
– I would go, we went. And they won. In 1992, we went there and we won,” Reztsova said on the air of the program “There is a theme” on .
Source : MatchTV
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