Andrejs Rastorgujevs: "I have offered to change nationality and have 80,000 euro hole ahead of 2014 - '' 15 '

Andrejs can not Rastorgujevs & ograve; remain indifferent and do not elicit sympathy. This is a very talented athlete, but still partly unfinished, coming from a country like Latvia that it & egrave; certainly not a superpower in the biathlon. The twenty-six Baltic explained on television in the program "Xport studij & # 257;", the prospects for the new winter making it clear that you have great prospects but also huge economic problems.

Wednesday 29 October 2014 5 minutes reading time

From the sporting point of view Rastorgujevs said he would further raise its level. The 'implicit objective & egrave; to restore the movement of Latvia on the podium after nearly a decade of fast (last year the 'athlete of Al & # 363; ksne finished in the top ten eight times, with a best result of fourth place). In quest''ottica you & egrave; Since that very confident & eacute; during the 'off season he worked hard to raise their shooting percentage which is slowly but steadily progressing. Assuming also the 'accent sull''importanza to have a physical condition also perfect precision. However, the most & ugrave; interesting statements of Latvian regards the 'economic and financial aspect which has to come to terms (and & egrave; remember that data in hand, we are talking about one of the 20 most biathletes & ugrave, the world's strongest). Rastorgujevs said that in his view the prize-money are not adequate to popularity & agrave; the biathlon reached in Europe (the 'average audience of a race of the World Cup came about 8.5 million viewers, and - for comparison - the cross-country skiing stops at 7.9). In fact Andrejs closed 2013 - '' 14 collecting â‚¬ 20,200 in prizes gross. Looking to 2014 - '' 15 Latvian explained that the budget-making costs for the new winter & egrave; realized he had a deficit of â‚¬ 80,000, adding that he had received from un''offerta un''altra Fed to change their passport and represent a new country, leaving behind all the constraints, adding to & ograve; did not want to go anywhere else. The president of the federation Latvian Baiba Broka appealed to individuals, maybe sports fans, for funding. & Nbsp; Indeed Latvia does not sail nell''oro and even in 2013 - '' 14 Rastorgujevs not even wearing a suit with the national colors, but has competed in a suit made from the same brand of its slopes. Some thoughts for & ograve; spontaee arise. The first & egrave; Rastorgujevs that has raised the specter of change of nationality & agrave; to attract 'attention fearing the risk of going elsewhere and eventually promote the' arrival of funding. The strategy in the past & egrave; was used more & ugrave; Sometimes the twin Semerenko. If you Rastorgujevs told the truth, we must pay close attention to his words. He did not say that "he declined the 'offer," he said simply "did not want to go anywhere else." The implicit message would be that you have not ruled out the 'option to leave Latvia in order to continue his career with more & ugrave; serenity & agrave; if you do not have other alternatives. Al l & agrave; of all, has to reflect the fact that one of the twenty most biathletes & ugrave; strongest in the world have gathered in prize money only â‚¬ 20,200 gross (4,500 of which are going to compete in the European Championships) and had to compete with a suit "skier on Sunday."

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