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Norwegian skier shocked by Stepanova’s speech at meeting with Putin
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Norwegian skier Lotta Weng told VG that she was shocked by the words of Olympic champion Veronika Stepanova at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At the ceremony honoring the Olympic champions in the Kremlin, Stepanova addressed Putin with words of gratitude: “Before my eyes, Russia has become strong, proud and successful. Not everyone likes it, but we will win, as we won at the Olympics. Thanks to the President for raising the banner of the country high, and we will not lower it.”
– It’s a bit shocking. This is quite different from what we see from the outside. It is hard to believe that she herself formed such an opinion. Her picture of the situation is different from ours. They probably don’t see what we see.
Will I be able to run with her in the future? L did not think of it. I used to think that it is necessary to distinguish between politics and sports, but it seems that in Russia, as in other countries, this is a very thin thread.
We would prefer that they distance themselves from this, but you need to look from their point of view as well. You can see that it was not so easy for people who showed courage, then it was not so easy, – Weng said.
In March, the executive committee of the International Ski Federation (FIS) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source: Sportbox
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French biathlete Lou Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the third stage of the World Cup in Annecy (France).
The athlete, who started from the second position, covered the 10 km distance in 27 minutes 58.8 seconds, making one mistake at the shooting range.
The silver medal was won by the representative of Finland, Suvi Minkkinen (lag – 30.2 seconds, 0 misses), who climbed to the podium from sixth place at the start. Italian Dorothea Wierer repeated the result of the sprint and finished third (+32.7; 1 miss).
The winner of the sprint race, Hanna Oeberg, made four shooting errors and finished the pursuit seventh (+47.2).
Later on Saturday, the men’s pursuit race will take place at the Annecy World Cup.
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Kristina Reztsova won the pursuit race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory)
The silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games covered the 10 km distance in 31 minutes 44.4 seconds, making two mistakes at the shooting range.
Inna Tereshchenko finished second (lag – 54.3 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was closed by Irina Kazakevich (+1.00.8; 3 misses).
On Sunday, at the stage of the Commonwealth Cup in Tchaikovsky, men’s (starts at 09:00 Moscow time) and women’s (12:00) mass starts will be held. Watch live broadcasts of the competition on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Kristina Reztsova and Alexander Bolshunov / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov, RIA Novosti / Ivan Mikhailov
Biathlete Kristina Reztsova said on Match TV that skier Alexander Bolshunov does not greet her, despite the fact that they competed together at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.
– He doesn’t even say hello! How will he give me the phone number? He doesn’t say hello to anyone at all. I don’t deserve it. So I went to one Olympics with him. After the Games we saw each other everywhere. He doesn’t greet anyone. “He’s just such a person in life,” Reztsova said on the air of the “Biathlon with Dmitry Guberniev” program.
Watch live broadcasts of the PhosAgro Russian Cup in cross-country skiing and the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in biathlon on the television channels of the Match group, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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