The World Cup final is scheduled to take place in Tiumen, Russia on March 18-20. Kläbo now wants the International Ski Federation (Fis) to move the competition.
– Now Fis must show that they take responsibility and show the backbone. It’s just moving the World Cup final. Fis could have reacted much earlier and given Östersund and Sweden the end of the World Cup. I expect Fis to act today, says Kläbo.
– Personally, I have no plans to travel to a country that invades another country – to compete in skiing.
The chairman of the Norwegian Ski Association, Erik Röste, has asked the chairman of Fi, the Swede Johan Eliasch, and the general secretary Michel Vion to quickly take a stand on the issue of competitions in Russia.
– This is something bigger than sports. Then sports can not be neutral, says Röste to VG.
Fis tells the Norwegian newspaper that no decision has yet been made about the ski competitions in Tiumen.
On Friday, this week’s world cup start in skicross starts in Russia. The competitions will be carried out as planned, according to Fis. Other World Cup competitions in Russia in the coming time are in, among other things, humpback and women’s ski jumping.
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