MOSCOW, January 14, Oleg Bogatov. Head coach of the Russian national skeleton team Denis Alimov said that the team's headquarters was confident in winning the maximum number of licenses for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Olympics will be held February 4-20. Skeleton will feature two sets of medals, one for men and one for women. On Friday, St. Moritz hosted the competitions of the European Championship, combined with the final stage of the World Cup. «We won the maximum quota for participation in the Olympic Games — three for men and women,» Alimov said. «And now we are waiting for official confirmation of this from the IBSF (of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation).Before today's starts, we were confident that the girls would take all the licenses (the men had previously secured three Olympic tickets).We planned to win all the quotas and did it.The composition of the team for participation in the Olympic Games will be announced later «.» Of course, there are some issues that need to be resolved in order to compete for specific medals at the Olympics, — added the source of the agency. — This concerns the technical part of the athletes and everything else. We are pleased with the results shown, but there is still work left before the Games time».
