Tatyana Sorina , about her unique experience: For some our way of doing things would work, for the others absolutely not!

Tatyana Sorina , about her unique experience: For some our way of doing things would work, for the others absolutely not!

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Tatyana Sorina and her husband Egor pave their own tracks to success. Consider this: no top female athlete in history of this sport had a child, then ascended to the top flight of international skiing within months. No one ever tried to raise a child literally in a training camp: this year alone a little Sofia did about ten of them already.Egor Sorin is widely considered to be a rising star among the international trainers - he's open, emotional, speaks very good English and generally media savvy. Tatyana grants interviews fairly rarely so we used our chance when our paths crossed in Ramsau: [caption id="attachment_18661" align="alignnone" width="1573"] A familiar sight to all international skiers in the last 20 months or so: Tatyana is training, Egor ably combines coaching and taking…
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Arne Idland: athletes from 13 nations will compete at Blink Skifestival this year

Arne Idland: athletes from 13 nations will compete at Blink Skifestival this year

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Arne Idland is a man who created Blink Skifestival in western Norway and built it into a premiere international summer event in both xcskiing and biathlon. The Covid-19 pandemics affected the event a lot - last year's races were held without international athletes and with no spectators. In 2021 both the internationals and the public will be back. The end of hard times? We talked to Arne as he was surveying the last preparations at the Sandnes Arena where most races will be held this year: "...Organizing the event of the size of Blink Festivalen was of challenging under circumstances, things were and are often unpredictable. Norway has the strictest Covid rules in Europe, it makes it hard to plan - you don't know what would be actually allowed by…
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