"Want to refuse artificial snow": as the fuel and energy crisis in Europe influences competitions in winter sports

The international FEDERATSIYA LYZHNOGO SPORTA (International Ski Federation) declared transfer of the sprint World Cup stage in cross-country skiing from Milan on Livinyo's mountain resort as carrying out start in the city will demand too big costs of the electric power. Earlier for the same reasons freestyle competitions in the Swedish Falun were cancelled. The main problem which organizers face — production artificial snow in warm weather. Now it significantly rose in price, and experts are concerned that the large number of starts will not take place for this reason. At the same time, according to the double...