Russian skier Veronika Stepanova telegram channel He talked about the conflict with Alexander Bolshunov in absentia.
“Bolshunov and I need to compete, first of all, on who can take the most children to the ski slopes. There is a race named after him, well done. We are completely different and, as they say, we cannot baptize children – but each of us is trying in our own way to draw attention to skiing. “Let hundreds of flowers bloom, let a hundred schools compete,” the athlete wrote.
On February 23, Stepanova said that Bolshunov did not want to win with grace and gave boring interviews. The skier responded by saying that many people had apologized to him for Veronica’s words. Later, Stepanova claimed that Bolshunov did not know the meaning of the words “irony” and “sarcasm”.
In the spring of 2022, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation 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.
Previously Vyalbe in the name The conflict between Bolshunov and Stepanova is nonsense.