MOSCOW, Aug 12 Five-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Norwegian Johannes Klebo again called for the continuation of the removal of Russians from international competitions. At the end of February, the International Ski Federation (FIS) suspended Russian athletes from international competitions under its auspices due to events in Ukraine. This decision was open-ended until further notice while it remains in effect. Earlier, Klebo said that the decision to remove the Russian skiers was the right one. “I absolutely stand by what I said before,” Dagbladet quotes Klebo. Norway coach Eirik Mur Nossum said that his team would lose several principal rivals from Russia. those we really want to beat may disappear, but until then we'll just try to be the best we can. It's not for me to judge Russia's participation in the competition,» Nossum said.
