MOSCOW, April 14, Sergey Fuks. Skier Ilya Chernousov never enters was not a member of the Swiss team, the press service of the Swiss Ski Federation reported. In May 2020, the International Ski Federation (FIS) reported that Chernousov was one of the athletes whose applications for changing sports citizenship were approved at a council meeting. In December of the same year, the skier received Swiss citizenship. Chernousov stated that he intended to compete at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, but he did not qualify for the Games. «Ilya Chernousov is not an active member of the Swiss national team and never was,» the message says. 35-year-old Chernousov is an Olympic bronze medalist in Sochi in the 50 km freestyle mass start. The athlete has not played in the Russian national team since 2016. The skier is married to Swiss biathlete Selina Gasparin.
