Top overseas athletes who participated in the official practice of alpine skiing revealed mixed feelings about the ongoing military invasion of Ukraine by Russia before the opening of the Beijing Paralympics.
Dutch player Jeron Kampshua, who won the gold medal at the Pyeongchang tournament super compound in the men's sitting and sliding class, said in an interview with NHK after the official practice of downhill on the 2nd, "It's a difficult problem. Russian player. It would be a shame if we couldn't attend this paralympic because we've been practicing hard, but what's happening right now is really terrible. What the Russian country is doing and the players are totally different. It's a different matter, but that doesn't mean I'm going to tolerate what Russia is doing. "
Norwegian Jesper Pedersen, who won the gold medal in the Giant Slalom of the Pyeongchang tournament in the same boy's sitting and sliding class, said, "The problems of Russia and Ukraine are in a difficult situation and I just hope that they will be resolved soon. I don't like war, so I have to work together to get up. "
Germany's Annalena Forster, who won two gold medals at the Pyeongchang tournament in a women's sitting and sliding class, said, "I'm trying to focus on the goal in front of her, but she's heartbroken. It's a really difficult problem. "