Boris KhodorovskyAll materialsThe news that Mikhail Kolyada passed a positive test for coronavirus and will miss the Olympics in Beijing immediately gave rise to a flurry of comments with a bias towards conspiracy theories. Statements by FFKKR President Alexander Gorshkov and General Director Alexander Kogan did not satisfy figure skating fans. They also recalled Kolyada's missing the European Championship in Tallinn due to a minor injury, and even returning during the season to last year's production of Ilya Averbukh's «White Raven». The figure skater's coach Alexei Mishin took a break from communicating with the press. «Sorry, the moment is very difficult, and it is not obvious that something needs to be said now,» the Professor wrote to a correspondent. He, like several other sources, confirmed that Kolyada caught the coronavirus at the most inopportune moment.
