President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation Elena Vyalbe believes that Russian Natalya Nepryaeva will be able to compete with Norwegian Yohaug at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Sport-Express writes .
“I’ve been saying for a long time that Natalya is the athlete who can fight Teresa Johaug. If she hadn’t missed her at the very beginning, it’s not known who would have been the winner. She competently passed her race, ” said Vyalbe.
She noticed that the Russian won the Tour de Ski for a reason.
“In any case, her time has come. We know her capabilities, what she is capable of. We expect great results from her ,” said Vyalbe.
Earlier it was reported that Nepryaeva took silver in the skiathlon at the Beijing Olympics. The Norwegian Teresa Johaug won the gold medal. Third place was taken by the Austrian Teresa Stadlober.
