Athlete Vic Wild, who competed at the Sochi Olympics, plans to open a snowboard school in Russia

Two-time Olympic champion in snowboarding Vic Wild will open his school in Russia. About this Russian athlete of American origin declared at the Sport Business Awards.

Wild noted that he is still in Russia, studying Russian and planning to open his own snowboard school here.

Note that until 2012, the athlete played for the American team. After that, he married snowboarder Alena Zavarzina and received Russian citizenship. At the 2014 Sochi Games, Wild won the Parallel Slalom and Parallel Giant Slalom.

Earlier, MK Sochi told that Krasnaya Polyana became the most popular ski resort in the country in 2023. Let’s remind, on the average Russians had a rest on winter resorts less than seven days.