MOSCOW, Oct 18 President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe stated that she had no information about a possible change of citizenship by skier Valeriy Gontar, since this athlete has not competed at official competitions for a long time. Earlier, the Championship portal reported that the winner of the 2017 Universiade Gontar received Ukrainian citizenship and moved to live in Austria.
"The man has not competed at our competitions for three years, he has been out of sight for a long time. We don’t know anything about his move, and there’s nothing to comment on here", said Vyalba.
Gontar’s last start is dated December 2019. At the moment, his FIS status is inactive.