KAZAN, May 18, Vadim Kuznetsov.The President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR), Elena Vyalbe, admitted that at present she has no understanding of whether Russian skiers will be allowed to compete in international competitions next season. Previously, the International Ski Federation (FIS), against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine, first deprived Russia of the right to host the World Cup Final in Tyumen, and then decided not to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in competitions under the auspices of the organization until the end of the 2021/22 season. «Time is hard now, you think not only about years, but about minutes, hours «We are in the dark about how our training will be structured and whether ours will be allowed to international starts. We are flying away on Tuesday, there will be a FIS council, a FIS congress. Maybe some questions will be raised there. Maybe they won't, because that there is still time before the start of the season, but we don’t know anything yet, there is silence from all sides, there are people with whom we communicate, these are those who will vote, there are people who are against and do not want Russia took some positions. There are different opinions about what will happen at the congress, we don’t understand yet,” Vyalbe said at a press conference. The head of the FLGR said that two action plans had been drawn up in case of different decisions on admission to international competitions. roller skiing, which will be held in Tyumen in September. Regarding international starts, we have a plan A and a plan B. Plan A — we are preparing for the World Championships, World Cups, we will go to Finland to skate and we will continue to perform. Plan B — we start our competitions, the calendar will not change in any way, because we have it full. In parallel with the World Cup, we have competitions of a very high level, the same Cup of Russia,” Vyalbe noted. something, together with the Belarusians, maybe the Chinese or who else will come to us. For athletes to compete. We will not postpone the Russian Championship, everything will go on as usual,» she concluded.
