MOSCOW, Apr 2. Russian flying skier Evgeny Klimov, who won silver at the Beijing Olympics, named possible additional reasons for the disqualification of opponents during mixed team competitions. In an interview with Match TV, the athlete did not rule out that the teams could plot against rivals. «During this winter, Russian There were about seven disqualifications of athletes. I also had one in December. Therefore, we approached the Olympics in fully compliant overalls. For others, apparently, the opposite happened: they were treated more loyally during the season, but they were strictly checked at the Olympics. What is the reason for this? There is talk that one team told about another secret information, and they began to check hard. As a result, a chain reaction began. Everyone was checked and disqualified,» Klimov said. The Russian ski jumping team won a silver medal at the 2022 Olympics in mixed team competitions. The team included Klimov, Irina Avvakumova, Danil Sadreev and Irma Makhinya. Russians have never won medals in ski jumping at the Olympics before, in 1968 the Soviet athlete Vladimir Belousov won.
