Skiing champion Stepanova on Games of the Future: Those who are not here can only envy what we have

Olympic cross-country skiing champion Veronika Stepanova spoke about the possibility of including phygital sports disciplines in the Olympic program.

“A generation that has grown up on online games becomes adults. We meet them, we are ready! Come to us, engage in sports. Technologies await you.

Phygital sports at the Olympics? I think that phygital is a separate family, and the Olympic Games cannot be compared with them. Those who are not here can only envy the format of the event. I enjoy playing PUBG Mobile, Counter-Strike, and Formula 1.

I would invite all the strongest athletes, Olympic champions, to the Games. Now we are expecting new champions in phygital sports. I have seen the scale of these competitions. It seems that it’s even cooler than the Olympics. I have goosebumps right now. This is a new era, these are new competitions. It’s great that they are starting in Russia.

While addressing to the Federal Assembly, the President said, ‘Stop drinking, start doing sport.’ I haven’t started drinking, but I’ve been on skis since childhood. You could say — the task is complete,” said the skier.