09:12. Silver medallist in the women’s relay at the cross-country skiing world championships in Obertstdorf (Germany) in 2021, Yana Kirpichenko announced on her Instagram account this Thursday morning that she would not be competing again for another season.
Deprived of international events, like all Russian and Belarussian Nordic athletes, since the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s armed forces in February 2022, the 28-year-old cross-country skier was aiming for a top 5 finish in the World Cup at the mass-start classic in Falun (Sweden) in January 2021.
