Figure skater Konstantinova called the main reason for the suspension of a career

St. PETERSBURG, August 4, Boris Khodorovsky. Universiade bronze medalist- 2019 Stanislava Konstantinova said in an interview that her decision to suspend her career as a skater was strongly influenced by the suspension of Russian athletes from international starts. On March 1, against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian skaters, speed skaters and short track skaters from participating in international tournaments. In June, the ISU Congress approved this decision, it will be valid until further notice. «We talked with (coach) Victoria Evgenievna (Butsaeva) and came to the conclusion that we need to take a break. After all, I missed almost the entire last season. It was very difficult to recover from the coronavirus, then injuries pursued, old sores aggravated. I just didn’t see the motivation to continue my career and decided to suspend it. Now you need to take care of your health, study, just reboot. When your favorite business ceases to be loved, you need to change something, «said Konstantinova, who last once I had a full-fledged training “in early March.” “After the New Year, she began to get in shape, but once again she fell ill. There was no need to talk about any full-fledged training process. And I didn’t like myself on the ice. I didn’t want to aggravate anything. Some doors open inward, and you have to take a step back to open them.I decided to go that way. The decision to remove Russian skaters from international competitions has been abolished,» she added. Read the full interview with Stanislava Konstantinova on Thursday at rsport.ria.ru.