RYBINSK (Yaroslavl region), March 7, Sergey Fuks. Olympic champion and The coach of the Chinese national cross-country skiing team Nikita Kryukov did not rule out the possibility that he could join the coaching staff of the Russian biathlon team. Kryukov has been working as a coach of the Chinese national skiing team since the fall of 2020. or not. We haven't been told anything yet. I have a contract until the end of February, but anyway, now I'm leading Wang Qiang, we call each other, set him up for races, but without a contract. With Yuri Kaminsky (head coach of the Russian men's biathlon team) I talked. If I’m not invited anywhere, I’ll go to him. Maybe I’ll lie at home for a year, rest. Now I’m restoring my strength, because I’m tired of the Olympics, «Kryukov told reporters. On March 3, Chinese skier Wang Qiang won a silver medal in the sprint race in classic style stage of the World Cup in cross-country skiing in Drammen, Norway. He became the first representative of China to climb the podium at the World Cup. At the Beijing Olympics, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the competition.
