St. Petersburg, April 17, Boris Khodorovsky. American coach Rafael Harutyunyan in an interview, he said that he did not see any advantages in the removal of Russian skaters from participation in international competitions. On March 1, against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended skaters from Russia from participating in competitions under its auspices. Because of these sanctions, Russian skaters missed the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier and the Junior World Championships in Tallinn. the opportunity to compete. If there are no contenders for medals at the main start of the season, this is a loss. Although the Russians still played in Tallinn. Only for other teams. Even the American (Ilya) Malinin and the Canadian (Steven) Gogolev have Ural roots! Kazakh (Mikhail) Shaydorov trains in Sochi with (Aleksey) Urmanov, Lev Vinokur representing Israel is in Moscow, and Georgy Reznichenko, who represents the Czech Republic, is from St. Petersburg. Many coaches communicated with each other in Russian,» Harutyunyan said. coaches on the issue of a possible suspension or exclusion of the Russian Figure Skating Federation? a cocktail that leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. Skaters must be able to compete at the highest level. This is my principled position,” Harutyunyan added. Read the full interview with Rafael Harutyunyan on the website rsport.ria.ru.
