MOSCOW, Feb. 6 Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova spoke about scandal due to the refusal of the Ukrainian team to applaud Kamila Valieva after the performance during the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics. According to the expert, Ukrainian athletes follow the instructions of politicians. «This is bad manners. Sports are not out of politics? I don't know. they perform it, «Sport-Express quotes Tarasova as saying. On Sunday, Kamila Valieva won the short program as part of the team skaters' tournament. Representatives of all countries enthusiastically greeted the Russian woman, applauding while standing. Only representatives of Ukraine refused such applause.
