Former world champion and Olympic medalist in Vancouver Maxim Chudov said in an interview with that he had a negative attitude towards the transition to another region of accomplished biathletes.
Chudov has twice won the world championship relay and at the 2008 World Cup in Östersund he won the sprint. Now he is one of the leaders of the Bashkir branch of the Dynamo company, is a member of the executive committee of the RBU and heads the Bashkir biathlon federation, under the auspices of which Edward Latypov And Anton Babikov .
– Did you have to make efforts so that Latypov and Babikov were not kidnapped by the rich regions?
“They have received offers. Just like me back then. But I stayed in Bashkiria and I can say: if an athlete wants to leave, we cannot hold him back, no matter how we crucify him. Whether representing the interests of their homeland, or living there, everyone chooses for themselves. If everything was fine with the athlete before, including conditions and results, then I don’t really realize how you can go for a short-term ruble in another region. For some, it is practical, without investing in the education of athletes, to buy ready-made ones. But there is also a city where you live, a family, a federation with which you have been associated for many years. I wouldn’t understand if someone in such a situation would leave for 50 cents more,” Chudov told .
Source : MatchTV
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