MOSCOW, August 12, Sergey Fuks. Foreign fans in social networks were divided into two camps, one of which continues to be hated, Natalya Nepryaeva, the champion of the 2022 Olympics in cross-country skiing, said in an interview. At the end of February, the International Ski Federation (FIS) suspended Russian athletes from international competitions under its auspices due to events in Ukraine. This decision was indefinite until further notice, while it remains in effect.
"To be honest, I have not been on Instagram for a long time *, there have always been many foreign fans there. Even more than ours. Now they (foreigners) are divided — someone writes words of support, someone will not say what, they hate (laughs). But now I somehow don’t follow it anymore,” said Nepryaeva.
Last season, Nepryaeva won the Tour de Ski stage race, won a big Crystal Globe at the end of the World Cup, became the Olympic champion of the Games in Beijing in the relay , as well as a silver medalist in the skiathlon and a bronze medalist in the team sprint. On Friday, Nepryaeva, along with other representatives of the Russian national team, received a state award from the hands of Igor Levitin, aide to the President of the Russian Federation. you can already put the medals on the shelf and admire them from time to time (laughs). Life after such a successful season has changed for the better, but there are also unpleasant moments. There are not quite adequate, unfortunately, fans who do not always behave adequately. This is probably , the only negative that appeared after the Olympics. And the rest, of course, only pluses in financial terms, pluses for my personal development, «said the skier.