Olympic skiing champion discusses Western masochism

Russia's Veronika Stepanova spoke out after missing the prestigious Blink festival in Norway

Russian Olympic champion cross-country skier Veronika Stepanova has said she is patiently waiting for a "sense of reality to return to the West" so that it lifts the sporting bans imposed on her and her compatriots at international competitions.

Stepanova, 21, was one of the sensations of the Beijin