Russian skier Yulia Belorukova intentionally hit her Swedish rival Frida Karlsson (but she provoked the Russian by all means possible). So, on the video, you can see with the naked eye how Karlsson behaves. After the finish, the Russian athlete was immediately disqualified. Thus, Belorukova automatically took the last place in the prestigious quarterfinals of the World Cup. "Russian Yulia Belorukova intentionally hit the Swedish woman's pole with her pole, for which she was disqualified," reports the Sports.ru portal. However, the head coach of the Russian team, Markus Kramer, completely disagrees with this decision. According to Kramer, the Swedish skier intentionally did not let Yulia Belorukova forward, poking the Russian in the face with her pole several times. And indeed, the video footage clearly shows that Karlsson is behaving extremely impudently and unacceptably, but the judges, apparently, were not at all embarrassed by this. But is hitting a stick with a stick the same as hitting a person in the face?
"I was just at the jury. I watched the video several times, Yulia wanted to overtake, but Frida blocked her path and hit her face with her stick twice. That's why Yulia got angry. Of course, it's not good, but I can understand her. Frida also did the wrong thing. She used her sticks as oars. You have to watch your sticks," Sport-Express quotes Kramer as saying.
