Beijing Olympic Champion Veronika Stepanova in her column on , she expressed her belief that the withdrawal of the Russians would only harm cross-country skiing, and also named her personal task in popularizing this sport.
– Without the admission of Russians to international competitions, things in the world of ski racing will only get worse. I’ll still have a chance to speculate on the unfairness of the suspension, but now it’s about something else. If now the skis look bad, then who will if there are no Bolshunov, Nepryaeva, Ustyugov, Sorina and Stupak? Yes, and I with my habit of commenting on the statements and actions of Norwegians. Modesty is not in order here: I saw the TV audiences for our relay race in Lillehammer in December 2021. It’s the biggest cross-country audience of the whole season in Norway and pretty good here in Russia.
We will definitely be back, and very soon. I am convinced of this, I am speaking on the basis of the information at my disposal. In the meantime, I consider it my task to build the right relationship in the triangle “television/customer – fan/consumer – athlete/performer”, wrote Stepanova in her column on .
Source : MatchTV
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