VAL DI FIEMME (Italy), January 5, Sergey Fuchs. The coach of the Chinese national team Nikita Kryukov expressed hope in an interview that Chinese skiers will be able to win a medal at the home Olympics. Kryukov has been working with Chinese skiers since the fall of 2020. The Beijing Olympics will be held in February 2022. “We all believe in it, but it’s how it will work out. I’ll say so,” said Kryukov. “How do Russian athletes differ from Chinese ones? It is clear that the best Chinese athlete is athlete-robot. But still they also have a soul, they are living people. Not all Chinese can be such robots. And in skiing it's still hard to be a robot, you have to adapt, adapt to any conditions, rivals. to be experience, you have to feel all this, but it takes time. «