Coach Savin spoke about the difficulties in working with foreign skaters

SARANSK, Mar 26, Andrey Simonenko. Russian figure skating coach Dmitry Savin in an interview, he said that his relationship with foreign students had not changed after the sanctions imposed on Russian figure skating. Earlier, the International Skating Union (ISU), against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, suspended Russian and Belarusian skaters from participating in international tournaments, including in the ongoing this week at the World Championships in Montpellier (France). Savin, who heads the pair skating school in Sochi, works with the German pair Minerva Fabian Haze/Nolan Siegert, who took fifth place in this tournament. «Relationships with foreign athletes do not change at all. They are ready to work with us, but, alas, there are side factors that «This work is influenced. When preparations were underway for the World Cup, we planned that foreign couples would train with us in Sochi, but it turned out to be difficult for them to get to us. Therefore, we trained on Zoom, spent a lot of time in touch. But no recommendations to stop with They don't have a job for us. Both they and we understand that the main thing is the relationship between the athlete and the coach,» Savin said. Read the full interview with Dmitry Savin on Saturday at rsport.ria.ru.