Russia called on to deprive the USA freestyle WC stages of qualifying status :: Others :: RBC Sport
The head of the ROC Stanislav Pozdnyakov believes that the stages of the World Cup in the States should be deprived of the qualifying status for the Olympics. Russian athletes cannot enter the United States due to problems with vaccinations against coronavirus
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The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) called on international sports organizations to qualify for the qualifying stages of the Freestyle World Cup in the United States for the Beijing Olympics.
According to the head of the ROC Stanislav Pozdnyakov, whose words are quoted TASSThe International Ski Federation (FIS) has made such an appeal to the United States.
“We turned to the head of the FIS, while notifying our colleagues from the IOC, including the circumstances that the national team got into. We used to cancel the qualification status of the competitions held in the USA, since the main principle of equality of all athletes participating in these competitions was violated, ”Pozdnyakov said.
The selection of Russian freestylers for the Games was under threat due to vaccines
Last week, President of the Russian Freestyle Federation Alexei Kurashov said that the national team’s athletes are still participating in the January World Cup due to problems with vaccinations against coronavirus. World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO has not yet recognized Russian vaccines against COVID-19.
According to Kurashov. The Russian team could no longer get to the first stages of the Halfpipe World Cup.
In December – January, Canada and the United States will host two stages of the World Cup in ski acrobatics, two – four ski cross, – halfpipe, one each for slopestyle and big air.
At the 2018 Olympics, Russian freestylers won two bronze medals. Sergei Ridzik became the third in ski-cross, Ilya Burov – in ski acrobatics. This season, Ridzik won the first stage of the World Cup, Maxim Burov twice became the best at the first start in acrobatics. At the 2021 World Cup, Russian athletes won eight medals (three gold, two silver, three bronze). Victories on the account of Maxim Burov, Anastasia Smirnova (double mogul) and Anastasia Tatalina (big air).