MOSCOW, March 15 Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova reacted to the situation with the Norwegian official Oyvind Vatterdahl, who left his post. Tarasova called Vatterdahl's act courageous and noted the expediency of his actions.
"It is surprising that decent people still remain there. Good move, brave. I can only express respect to this person, because he defends the interests of world sports", Sport24 quotes her words.
Earlier it was reported that the deputy of the Norwegian Olympic Committee (NIF) Eivind Vatterdal resigned in protest against the sanctions in relation to Russian and Belarusian athletes.