Veronika Stepanova

Olympic champion 2022, cross-country skiing

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Back in 1980s Cold War when Americans and Russians wouldn't talk to each other ,Ted Turner made history by organizing the Goodwill Games. @elonmusk, why don't you look into doing something similar with the Russians and the Chinese now? Counting on you!  #GoodwillGames2.0

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

... I think that the IOC , World Athletics and World Aquatics are now in some panic. Sports they control keep on falling behind. ... Read more about what I think about @enhanced_games in Boosty. https://t.co/GW8ZNgLsb9

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Coach is keeping quiet , mostly. Which means I'm doing it kinda right. Those are some of the toughest training sessions - but with a massive pay-off on a race day

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

If we want to fight for recognition, for visibility of our sport, then the image must change all the time. So that you have something to discuss. Right, girls?

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Tone your arms for the summer, they said.
Done ✔️

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

I haven't been growing all those muscles to keep them covered by my racing suit, right?

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

I don't count them
I weigh them
Almost 5 kilograms this season 😉

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

I ran....

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

I didn't come to play the game. I came to change it.

[Матч ТВ @MatchTV]

На это даже смотреть больно. Очень холодно в Тюмени сегодня 🥶

Вероника Степанова вышла на старт в респираторе. Брррр.

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Hundreds of skiers participating
Thousands of spectators cheering
Tens of thousands of euros/ millions in rubles in prize money
Millions watching on national television
That's Russian cross-country skiing " under sanctions ". Hear me, @FISCrossCountry ?

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

R̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶r̶a̶i̶n̶ Frost frost go away! Come again another day!

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

That should give you some idea as to what's needed in order to win in today's crossing country skiing ( and I don't mean that hair drier )

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Half an hour plus of my beloved Kamchatka where I serve as a narrator and a sort of local guide. My birthplace rocks - and now you could see why in high -def!
https://t.co/MqVbGBSkOp

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

“It's not bragging if you can back it up.”

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Watch real xcskiing here. Everything else is imitation

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

What shows on snow are more to your liking? Can we combine the two? Combine several? Whatever you got - flaunt it 💪😉

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

Hope nobody would ever think of using this mighty rocket/ spaceship for any military purpose - strictly to get us on Moon and Mars!
Go, @elonmusk, go, @SpaceXStarship!

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

That's Siberia , folks!

[Veronika Stepanova @NikaStepp01]

That's how I imagine returning to the FIS World Cup 💪🇷🇺. Start the countdown!