MOSCOW, Oct 20 Two-time Olympic snowboard champion of the 2014 Sochi Games Vic Wild spoke about the attitude of Americans towards the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. According to the athlete, his American friends do not understand the situation, because they are not interested in politics. “You know, most of my friends in America … To put it mildly, not quite educated in some matters. «.. More precisely, they don't think about what they are not interested in. What does not directly affect their lives. Russia, Ukraine — where is it at all? For them, all this is like a conflict on another planet. Therefore, there is no real empathy for either side» , — quotes the words of Wild «Sport-Express». The snowboarder noted that, in his opinion, the United States and Russia should first of all deal with solving problems within the country. Wild, a native of the United States, received Russian citizenship and began to play for the Russian national team since 2012 . At the Games in Sochi, the athlete won gold medals in parallel and parallel giant slalom. Eight years later, in the capital of China, he won bronze in the parallel giant slalom.
