MOSCOW, March 28 Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova reacted sharply to the statement of the French figure skater Gabriella Papadakis about the absence of Russians at the World Championships in Montpellier. Earlier, the media quoted Papadakis as saying that “without the Russians at the World Championships, there is less tension.” “I think that they don’t have long to breathe freely,” Tarasova quotes «Sport-Express». The International Skating Union (ISU), against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, suspended athletes from Russia and Belarus from competitions under its auspices, including the World Figure Skating Championships.
