“How to poke a finger in the sky”: Guberniev answered Tutberidze with a “bitter truth”

MOSCOW, August 1, Alexander Govorov. Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev said that the existence of Russia in figure skating will be remembered to a minimum, despite the proposal of coach Eteri Tutberidze to «freeze» the rating of figure skaters. Earlier, Tutberidze called it absurd to hold international competitions, update world rankings and distribute titles in the absence of Russian athletes. «The proposal, of course, is sound, but it's like pointing a finger at the sky.The decision is made by completely different people.Unlike figure skating, where we sometimes still lose, in synchronized swimming our group has not lost for more than 24 years, and our duet has not lost since 2001 «But now the World Championship has passed, someone won gold. Did they reset something there? No. So in figure skating nothing will be reset. I understand Eteri Georgievna and her emphasis on common sense, because the strongest figures ists in our country. But international competitions will continue to be held without us, our existence will be remembered to a minimum. This is a bitter truth,» Guberniev said. The Council of the International Skating Union (ISU) on March 1, against the background of the events in Ukraine, suspended Russian and Belarusian figure skaters, speed skaters and short track skaters from participating in international tournaments. In June, the ISU Congress approved this decision, it will be act until further notice.