Coach Russian team for cross-country skiing Yuri Borodavko in an interview with , he said he didn’t understand why athletes should lower the retirement age.
The corresponding proposal was discussed at an expanded meeting of the Athletes’ Commission of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) on September 15.
“I don’t understand all of this at all. Why does an athlete deserve this more than a surgeon doing a 15-hour operation, or a steelworker who breathes in all the noxious gases? I therefore see no serious reason to lower the retirement age for athletes. I would like to hear at least one serious argument in favor of this. There may be sports where one person endangers health more than others, but this certainly shouldn’t apply to absolutely all athletes,” Borodavko told .
Source : MatchTV
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