MOSCOW, June 20, Sergey Smyshlyaev. President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) ) Elena Vyalbe said that the Swede Johan Eliash won a legitimate victory in the election for the presidency of the International Ski Federation (FIS). On Monday, the ski associations of Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Croatia filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the method of electing the president FIS. On May 26, the Swedish businessman Eliash was unanimously and unanimously re-elected to the post of FIS President as part of the organization's congress in Milan. I didn’t like how the elections would be held. That is, there were no “against” and “abstained” columns, as far as I understand. As a result, they left the hall, did not vote. If these columns had been there, Eliash would still have won , because a huge number of delegates voted for him. What is there to comment on, why are they fooling around? We voted for Eliash, we did not leave the hall, «said Vyalbe. According to the ANSA agency, the result was declared unanimous despite the fact that in fact, he received 70 votes out of 126. It was noted that many delegates left the hall during the voting in protest. Another reason for dissatisfaction is the economic problems associated with the decision of the FIS to exclude national federations from the commercialization of the World Cup. Elias, 60, was elected president last June, replacing the Swiss Gianfranco Kasper, who has led the FIS since 1998.
