Answer to Veronika Stepanova – a wonderful athlete and a wonderful person.
I will break my “sheet” into parts to make it easier to read.
Short prologue. I don’t know if Veronica will read it. In the end, for whom we “write” is not clear. But in this case, for you, Veronika, and many people who follow Russian sports, although they could have turned off the TV, laptop and other high-tech utensils a long time ago, because they are not interested in watching internal showdowns. And the vast majority are.
Context. On the eve of the “Champion’s Heights” in the Arkhangelsk region, Veronika had an amazing race of 10 kilometers. 25 seconds from such Nepryaeva – we take off our hats. But Stepanov’s attention is attracted by his habitual other – his funny statements. Before the race, she suddenly said that her dream was to beat Natalya. The dream, it turns out, realized.
True, in Malinovka the text published before the tournament by the matchtv.ru columnist (or, if Vyalba is right, Stepanova helped write it) was more sensational. This is a big “sheet” about how writing journalism is stuck in the last century and is not needed at all. I agree with many things – and now athletes have social networks, so intermediaries are not always required, and questions are not always interesting, and new formats must be sought, and attendance statistics must be provided to the athlete.
But after the next attacks on the day of the 10-kilometer race, you can answer.
If I may, a few boring questions and your interesting quotes.
Questions.
1. Veronika, if “for whom do you write” (the spelling of the writing skier is preserved. – Note “SE”), then for whom do you run?
I’ll make a reservation right away – the athlete is not obliged to communicate with the press, if this is not specified in the contract. This is his own business. So, if you run for yourself, no questions. But all your activities say otherwise. It is strange to talk about popularizing and expanding the audience – and ignore the press in this vein. Especially since, honestly, not God knows what questions are heard on television.
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Yesterday, after an ironic request for a “boring interview,” Veronica suggested that we go to a banned social network. Moreover, as far as I know, there have already been such messages, and my colleagues wrote questions to direct. To which they all received the same answer that the questions were not the same. Perhaps this could be said more accurately? Drawing red lines is a popular concept these days. You have a “direct” open – so I wrote to you on WhatsApp, you saw the message. Always open to dialogue. It can’t be that everyone around at the same time became assholes.
And if Veronica wants to popularize, as she says, ski racing, and not herself, then you can always find a common language. Okay, there are journalists, like me, skiing only at school. But, for example, colleague Andrey Shitikhin has been going to competitions for many years, he gave his children to them, and did a lot for the development of sports. Or rather, “mumbled.” And he is not alone.
2. Are you interacting accurately without intermediaries?
You really have become one of the most prominent skiers in Russia. But is that really how you interact with the fans?
There are no comments in your Telegram channel (yes, yes, they were “left by evil machines”) and reactions with negative emoticons to posts. Some fans with whom I had a chance to talk say that it is not so easy to persuade you to say hello via video, and coach Egor Sorin then apologizes for you. It’s not worth talking about comments on any sports site to your words. The words “starry” and “disease” are more common there than in textbooks on astronomy and medicine, respectively.
Once again, you are not required to send any “hello”. An athlete is generally the hardest profession, and in two shifts at once. First you run, then you sign autographs and God forbid whom you send. But how does that fit in with direct contact with fans? That is, you are in contact, and they are with you? It looks like a one way traffic.
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3. What about cohesion?
Your political views are well known, and this is your own business. But now Russian sport has objectively found itself in a half-life period. If there is no return to the world arena (as I understand, under the current conditions of the IOC, you do not agree to return), then the sport of Russia risks going the same way that our athletics has already done in miniature. And it seems like now is the time to unite and build socialism as a united front, that is, sports in a single country.
Veronika Stepanova and Natalya Nepryaeva.
Ministry of Sports of the Arkhangelsk Region
4. And the last question – how many clicks do the columns “What do the writing press and the Latin American skier have in common?” and “Tolerate or fuck?” Unless it’s a secret, of course.
Well, a few of your quotes. As they say, not everyone will understand, but many will remember.
When the Russians were suspended from the competition, you talked about “national division and bias of the worst kind.” Interestingly, the division by profession is a bias or not yet? They also asked: “Do they really not want to see me, Natalya Nepryaeva?” Maybe they are not so interested in communicating with you?
“If it’s not Nepryaeva and Stupak and I who get on skis, but Valiev with Trusova and Shcherbakova, then the people will watch this show much more.” Do you know why you named these three names? Because it was the writing press, thanks to our single skaters, that brought figure skating back to such a level that Channel One decided to show it. Prior to that, he had been on the federal sports channel for years with zero effect. And by the way, Camila, Alexandra and Anna, despite all the difficulty of these speakers (or how to say according to the new law – heralds?), Go out after the screenings to writing journalists and devote a lot of time to them. Yes, and Norwegian skiers also give it to their boring compatriots.
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I have already offered you different formats, including debates, but you are unlikely to agree. No one is begging you for time anymore, just get rid of at least arrogance. And then “before your eyes, Russia has again become strong, proud, successful,” but arrogance is definitely not a sign of strength or success.
