Dear friends!

     I am happy to greet you on our Rybinsk land. Ski Sport Centre “Demino” is perfectly ready to host participants of the 18th World Championship Cross-Country of International Railway Sports Association.
     Cross-country is a national kind of sport in Russia. Its traditions are very strong in Rybinsk. Three times best skiers of the world – participants of World Cup Cross-Country and Russian Championships – started on the Demino course.
     I am sure that the forthcoming competitions will be beautiful, spectacular, and swift, they will bring pleasure to teams and spectators. I wish everybody success, lucky starts, and victories!

Head of Rybinsk town                                                   Yuri Lastochkin