Russian skier Veronika Stepanova telegram channel At the Russian Cup stage in Kazan, she announced that she would not compete in the sprint and added nude photos to the broadcast.
“If I undertake a task, I want to complete it 100%. Always and in everything… I can’t win today and that’s why I’m looking at the forest from my hotel room window,” the athlete wrote.
The classic style sprint race will take place in Kazan on January 13. It starts at 13:00 Moscow time. The start of the race was delayed one hour due to cold weather.
On January 11, Stepanova won the 10 km individual race as part of the Russian Cup stage.
Stepanova became the Beijing 2022 Olympic champion in the women’s relay race. She became the youngest Olympic champion in the history of cross-country skiing (initially Stepanova was 21 years old). She also won gold in the relay with the Russian team at the World Cup stage in Lillehammer, Norway, where she also ran the final stage.
In the spring of 2022, the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until the end of the season. This decision was later extended. Russians compete only in local tournaments.
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