SYKTYVKAR, Mar 27, Sergey Fuks. German coach Markus Kramer will not be able to work with the Russian national team next season, said the head of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe. Against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine, the International Ski Federation (FIS) first deprived Russia of the right to host the World Cup Final in Tyumen, and then decided not to allow participation in competitions under the auspices of the organization of athletes from Russia and Belarus. This decision was made in accordance with the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the ban will be valid until the end of the 2021/22 season. Kramer's contract with the FLGR expires at the end of the current season. «I think that this year we will not succeed in having him work with us, it's just some kind of utopia. Of course, he wants, and we want, but it's impossible, it's does not work,» Vyalbe told reporters. The head of the FLGR also said that, preliminary, the Olympic champion Yulia Stupak, who previously trained in Kramer's group, would move to Yuri Borodavko's group. “We don’t want to talk ahead of time, because we need to have all our lists approved by the presidium of the federation. The idea with her transfer arose after the problems that arose with Markus Kramer. But I just wouldn’t leave her, because she has no one to train with there. If you just hang out, then you can stay, but if you show the result, then there is no semantic load. He (Kramer) simply does not have women with whom she needs to train. This is not a complaint against Markus, the circumstances just happened, «Vyalbe emphasized.
