Participants in the mass ski start at the student Spartakiad, Maria Rusalovskaya and Daria Malakhova, talked about the mass collapse that occurred on March 8 during the mass start at the Laura ski and biathlon track in Sochi. Spor.Ru.
“It was terrible. Just a meat grinder. Someone was lucky – they went through it. But some do not do this. You do not understand where you are going from the descent. And you do not know what to expect. When you get a little closer, the girls lie in the fog,” said the athletes.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
So, in the spring of 2022, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), on the recommendations of the IOC, 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.
It was previously reported that he was hospitalized. at least nine skiers After the failure of Spartakiad.