MOSCOW, April 7 Five-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Norwegian Johannes Klebo shared opinion about the participation of Russian Alexander Bolshunov in the concert-rally in Luzhniki and said that his removal from international competitions was the right decision. , including Bolshunov, Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov, gymnasts Dina and Arina Averina, figure skaters Victoria Sinitsina, Nikita Katsalapov, Evgenia Tarasova, Vladimir Morozov. After the event, the athletes were criticized by foreign athletes and sports organizations. “I don’t think anything about it (about Bolshunov’s participation in the concert-rally). There is a special situation here. I won’t devote much time to this, but the decision to suspend was correct. Let's see how it ends,» Klebo quotes VG. 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 athletes from Russia and Belarus until the end of the 2021/22 season.
