Russian skiers held their first training sessions in China

Beijing, February 28, Oleg Bogatov. Russian skiers have started training in China ahead of the start of the Paralympic Games, said Natalia Brusova, head coach of the Russian skiing team of the Blind Sports Federation (FSS). The Paralympic Games will be held on March 4-13. At the Games, the FSS will be represented by two tandems — two-time Paralympic champion Valery Redkozubov (athlete leader — Evgeny Geroev) and repeated winner and prize-winner of the world championships Ivan Frantsev (leader — German Agranovsky). «We settled in the village of the Games, pass PCR tests daily and already started training,» said Brusova. «First, we randomly explored all the tracks, and yesterday we were engaged in giant slalom. The condition of the slopes is excellent, everything is organized at the highest level, the athletes made six races. We are ready to defend the honor of our country in China. We have declared two couples of athletes. Unfortunately, during the season, Yulia Mosova dropped out due to injury, and Anastasia Melnikova — due to a change in leader. And we did not receive a two-way invitation to the Games that we were counting on, Dmitry Shulga. «We have a good team, but over the past year and a half, we, unfortunately, performed only in one (international) competition, — added the interlocutor of the agency. got a little hooked, but we tried to catch up at the training camp on Sakhalin. Although it is very difficult, because we have high-speed disciplines. We hope for a week of training in China to gain the necessary conditions and reach the peak of form for the starts at the Paralympic Games. We count on the skill, experience and courage of our athletes. Valeriy Redkozubov is declared in four disciplines of the Games, and Ivan Frantsev — in five.