MOSCOW, Feb 24 The President of the Norwegian Ski Federation, Erik Røste, addressed The International Ski Federation (FIS) with a call to postpone all competitions from Russia due to the situation in the Donbass. Earlier, fasterskier.com, citing FIS Director of Ski Racing Pierre Minieri, said that the organization is studying options for postponing the final of the World Cup of the season — 2021/22 due to take place in Tyumen amid fears of growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. After that, the FIS press office stated that they did not intend to change the calendar of the Ski World Cup as long as the safety of the participants and normal logistics were maintained. make a quick decision. The safety of our athletes is the most important thing, but there is something more. Now sport cannot be neutral, «NRK quotes Röste with reference to the NTB channel. In February, Solnechnaya Dolina and Yaroslavl should host the freestyle World Cup stages , and Moscow — snowboarding competitions. In March, a stage of the World Cup in freestyle skiing is planned in the capital, and in Nizhny Tagil and Chaikovsky — in ski jumping. Also in Tyumen, the final of the World Cup in cross-country skiing of the 2021/22 season should be held.
