MOSCOW, March 5 Russian Natalya Nepryaeva deserves to become the winner of the World Cup overall standings and win the Big Crystal Globe, said world champion ski racer Devon Kershaw of Canada on the Fasterskier podcast. Nepryaeva leads the World Cup overall with four races to go. Her closest pursuer, American Jess Diggins, is behind by 252 points. «This is a very controversial opinion, and I can be seriously criticized for it, but Nepryaeva runs the classics very well and has the best season of her career,» said Kershaw. «Will win the Big Crystal Globe. Theoretically, it is still possible to overtake her, but it is unlikely that Diggins or anyone else will succeed. I hope Nepryaeva wins the overall World Cup standings, she was the best distance racer of the season, and I can not imagine how it’s hard for her. It doesn’t matter to me what flag she performs under, I consider her as a person. She deserved to become the winner of the overall standings. sprint. In 2018, Nepryaeva won the Olympic bronze medal in the relay team. She also has three world championship medals, a victory in the overall standings of the Tour de Ski stage this season. Nepryaeva became the second and third in the overall standings of the World Cup.
