Tatalina, who accused the coach of harassment, was answered in the freestyle federationMOSCOW, April 11The accusations of freestyler Anastasia Tatalina against the coaching staff regarding sexual harassment are groundless and immoral, the information contained in her letter is not true, according to a statement on the website of the Freestyle Federation of Russia (FFR). Earlier, Tatalina in an open letter addressed to the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsina, who was at the disposal of Sport-Express, accused the head coach of the Russian national team Nikita Vasiliev of demanding that she transfer half of the funds earned for winning the 2021 World Cup. Subsequently, according to Tatalina, the coaches of the national team announced a boycott of her, which led to the disruption of preparations for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Vasilyev stated that he never asked the athletes to transfer the prize money, but on the contrary, the specialists paid for the restoration of the athlete from their own funds. «An open letter from Anastasia Tatalina is puzzling and questions about its appearance today. For the FFR, it does not matter whether it appeared in an open or closed space Anastasia Tatalina, in an open letter, slandered the coaching staff, the FFR team, the Russian Ministry of Sports, the sports training center for Russian national teams, her regional sports school and regional organizers for holding competitions in freestyle,” the statement says. “All the wishes and requests of the athlete were satisfied in full. Tatalina in terms of obtaining equipment, equipment, equipment, visa support, organizing training events, treatment and rehabilitation was provided in full. The accusation against of the coaching staff regarding sexual harassment is groundless and is an immoral act,» the FFR said in a statement. In order to achieve high results and an example for younger athletes, the FFR also recommended that Tatalina devote more time to her sports work, rather than personal media activity and social positioning , as well as be based on real facts in public statements. Earlier on Monday, the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation announced that it would conduct a thorough and objective check of the information contained in Tatalina's letter and that this topic was under the personal control of Matytsin.
