Pellegrino travels to Finland and admits: "Without the Russians, part of the show will be less"

The leader of the blue fund, 25 days after the opening of the World Cup in Ruka, spoke of the new exclusion of one of the reference national teams and his feelings towards the new season.

Monday 31 October 2022 3 minutes reading time

Another block of work on the snows of Val Senales in October, a final refinement with some intensity tests at home and in the next few hours the departure for Finland, where Federico Pellegrino will prepare together with his teammates the opening of the Cup of the World 2022/23, scheduled for cross-country skiing in Ruka, with the classic sprint on November 25th that will immediately give the Aosta Valley champion a chance on the podium. Before moving north, "Chicco" was also present at Skipass ModenaFiere for the various FISI meetings, also receiving the merit of "official" from the hands of Manuela Di Centa, representing the government and the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella . The beacon of the Italian movement focused on the exclusion of the Russians (and Belarusians) from next season in every FIS competition, at the specific request of the journalist Cristina Fantoni who interviewed him during the blues party on Sunday evening. (and IBU for biathlon). "When you don't see great champions at the start, a part of the show fails - Pellegrino's words - Moreover, with some of them I had the opportunity to train, as you know, last season and I know how much they care to be there and give it your all. Sorry for these guys and for the whole movement, it is a similar situation, albeit for completely different reasons, to what happened two years ago with the Norwegians, when Covid was in full swing they skipped many races. For my part, I can only work hard and be ready, I have had a good preparation so far ”.

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