Prize money is important for athletes, but not only does it motivate them to win, while in the Russian team there was no question that someone would refuse to play in the absence of payments for high results in national competitions, the national team’s head coach told for cross-country skiing Yuri Borodavko.
Previously President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe told that athletes’ victories in races at the Russian Cup stages of the new season would not be financially encouraged.
– I think it’s not so much the prize money that motivates the athletes, although the money is also an integral part. We didn’t even think about it, we hope we will be allowed to participate in the World Cup, Borodavko told .
– Aren’t you afraid that someone will come and say they won’t play for free?
We had no such conversations, not even hints.
Borodavko also spoke about the team’s preparation for the new season.
“After the Olympic year, when there has been intense preparation and great motivation, there is a certain relaxation,” the coach said. – Seeing this, Alexander Bolshunov made minor changes to the training plan – we removed intensity, strength work in intervals and focused on calm work so that he was involved in the season and be in optimal shape.
In May, had one of the options for distributing the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) prize budget for the 2022/23 season. According to the document, biathletes will earn 250,000 rubles for first place in individual races and 62,500 rubles for coaches; for second place – 200,000/50,000; for the third – 150,000/37,500.
Source : MatchTV
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