MOSCOW, 26 Apr. Olympic ski relay champion Veronika Stepanova sharply responded to the four-time world champion Norwegian Emil Iversen on his words about Russia. Earlier, the Scandinavian in an interview with the Norwegian media said that he did not want Russian athletes to take part in international competitions. «Usually I don’t I react to the opinions of others and ignore the questions of the western media about it, but when I read what Emile Iversen said, I feel that I simply cannot and do not want to remain silent, because when a fellow world-class skier speaks in such a patronizing way and when he starts to openly advocate for what might sound like 'regime change' in a neighboring country deserves a strong rebuttal,» she wrote on social media.
