Three-time Olympic champion, adviser to the president of the Russian Ski Racing Federation, Yulia Chepalova, in a conversation with SE, said that she did not like the scheme for the return of Russian athletes proposed by the International Olympic Committee.
— Do you watch skis in principle?
– Yes, sure. Cup of Russia. I don’t watch the World Cup, basically.
– You must have heard that the IOC is going to return Russian athletes, but on the condition of non-support of the SVO, and there will be individual checks. Is this positive in the current environment?
– Well, this is nonsense.
– But if the athlete went to the dream all his life?
– And what, he will sell the country?
– Suppose he says at this test: “Sport is out of politics, I just want to ski.”
I don’t like this position. It is clear that the decision will be taken by the general, including Elena Valerievna, federations. I will always support her, because she says smart things. But you still need to think a hundred times before making such a decision.
– In general, you once wrote a letter to Rogge, but Bach turned out to be no better?
– Absolutely not. You have to act like them. You look in the book – you see a fig. This is the position of Europe and the West. They watch and still do their thing. This also applies to my story – following all, no one explained the essence, but the leaders of the team, including Zhenya Dementyev, were removed. And immediately everything became easier to live. (Chepalova was disqualified due to an anti-doping violation, she herself pleaded not guilty. – Approx. “SE”)
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