Egor Sorin, the coach of the Russian national cross-country team, in an interview with , answered the question whether he has any hopes for World Cup admission this season.
In early July, the International Ski Federation (FIS) extended the suspension of Russians from tournaments under its auspices until the end of the summer season, a decision regarding the winter season has not yet been made. The FIS Council meeting is scheduled for early October.
“We try not to think about it too much and not to delude ourselves unnecessarily,” Sorin told . “We are just ready to come back to the World Cup even tomorrow and compete with the leaders of world skiing. Even now, when in the classic race in the Czech Republic, the girls have gained almost a minute from fourth place, I still said to them: “You are great today, but if the Norwegians and the Swedes race here , the line-up could be completely different, we have to improve, and this result means nothing. Need to work”. So we can’t guess whether they will let us in or not. No need to waste energy on this, we are preparing to compete with the best in the world.
– But after all, you’re probably discussing this among yourselves anyway – is it really that even the guesswork doesn’t pop up in your head when there’s light at the end of the tunnel?
– Probably, sports officials should guess more about this. On our side, it will be a discussion for nothing. We don’t know the actual odds and what the FIS is guided by, what kind of conversations they are having there. We can, of course, discuss certain political matters, but we have our own work to do and it must be done. It is clear that we want to participate in international tournaments, but it does not matter if we only attend Russian competitions. We have good competition, there is someone to beat.
Source : MatchTV
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