Beijing, February 8, Alexander Bokulev. Russian speed skater Ruslan Zakharov noted that judges help Chinese athletes at the Beijing Olympics, but, according to him, a loyal attitude towards the hosts was characteristic of the Games before. . Previously, the athlete competed in short track, he is the Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in the relay. At the Beijing Games, Chinese short track skaters have already won two golds and a silver amid controversial disqualifications from competitors. I would like to be wrong so that this is not so, but everyone has such an opinion, including me", — Zakharov told reporters.
«Four years ago, I felt sorry for all the athletes in the short track, except for Korean ones. But every four years strange things happen, different situations. In Sochi, too, they didn’t lift in the final relay, it was at the discretion of the judge. Every four years we can find some kind of precedent and find fault. So it was and always will be, «the athlete added .