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It's not often that a biathlete still without results cry in the World Cup will earn the 'media attention of another country. Yet quest''impresa & egrave; He managed to Federica Sanfilippo, whose popularity & agrave; Russia is growing day by day.
Wednesday 28 October 2015 7 minutes reading time
The twenty-five of Ridnauntal & egrave; reached from the head sports.ru that could not help but notice how friends with Ekaterina Yurlova, on which are the spotlight of the limelight after the 'gold champion in 15km of Kontiolahti.
Here's what was said dall''azzurra, which is & egrave; expressed freewheeling:
"Study Russian in three years. & Egrave; all began when I met Ekaterina Yurlova. Tains I tried to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, to write something, but it IS very difficult. So I decided to deal with only the Russian spoken. I did not books or texts in Russian, I learn by listening.
The 'friendship with Ekaterina & egrave; It was the main reason why I wanted to know more & ugrave; Russia. The 'I met her for the first time in a stage of Ibu Cup held in Ridnauntal three years ago. After it she & egrave; He remained in South Tyrol for three weeks to train. We started to know each other and we became great friends. We speak mainly in English, although I teach them something in Italian and she does the same with me in Russian.
She & egrave; always positive, & egrave; a great fighter with a strong spirit. This unites us and probably & egrave; why are we so & Igrave; friends. & Egrave; easy to understand the 'each' other.
Already I knew & agrave; some famous Russian, for example, I studied at school the poet Alexander Pushkin. I also love music, especially DJ Baur.
Despite this I have never been in Russia, even in Khanty-Mansiysk for the World Cup, but I hope to do it soon! I want to go to Moscow and St Petersburg, I know your country only through the pictures and the stories told by athletes. For me its greatness & egrave; inconceivable. Believe me, for people like me who live in Italy, Russia appears simply endless.
I think it's important to learn to know and understand people from other nations. I am very interested in trade, not only cultural, also of material goods. For example I gave pasta, wine, coffee & egrave; and Italian chocolate in exchange for caviar, Russian vodka and chocolate. Are very good, especially for some reason in Italy is not the true vodka.
I also love that the Matryoshka. The first the 'I received as a gift, and from that moment I started collecting pewterware, now I have several
For now only I know a few words in Russian. I can say "Hello", ask how things are going. Pi & ugrave; I know that many other terms related to the biathlon: skis, sticks, rifle, right, left. I know the names of some animals, such as squirrels, bear, cat. I also know a few words relating to holidays, but now & egrave; better not to talk about it!
I try to talk to athletes of all nations, but with Russia have a special relationship. They are friendly and funny, especially I'm happy with Anton Babikov, Alexey Slepov and Alexey Volkov.
I come from Ridnauntal. A resort & agrave; fantastic, surrounded by high mountains. Here winter sports are very popular. I started skiing when I was 6 years old and then I switched to biathlon. My hobbies? Read, I especially like the books of Jojo Moyes, shopping, going on holiday with my family and my friends. Sometimes I go also to the beauty salon.
Recently in Italy biathlon it is gaining much popularity & agrave ;. He played a key role bronze Olympic medley relay in Sochi and the good results of the women's team. My future after biathlon? I am enrolled in the Police and I see myself as a cop. "
Curiously Federica Sanfilippo and Ekaterina Yurlova are also linked by the fact that he had just made an exploit in the same race, indeed the 'individual World Championships in Kontiolahti where both have achieved a result that could have changed their career.
So the future of the twenty-five Ridnauntal verr & agrave; followed with an eye not only in his native Italy, but also in a country where the popularity & agrave; Biathlon & egrave; at the highest level and this can not & ograve; that be a reason for 'pride for those & egrave; always made her own way, of course, even outside the national borders.
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