MOSCOW, Aug 30 Figure skater Diana Mukhametzyanova, who specializes in pair skating, completed sports career at the age of 18, the athlete’s mother said on Instagram (Meta’s activities (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist). “Yes, my daughter Diana is leaving the sport! This is her personal conscious decision, which I accept and respect! The point of no return. There is no further way. Emotional abuse really was, there was a lot of it in the sports life of my child, Diana cried a sea of tears, only she knows what it cost her. But this path is beautiful and difficult at the same time. Diana forever entered her name in the history of junior world figure skating,» Elmira Mukhametzyanova wrote. «In such a short time, my daughter became the winner and prize-winner of the Rostelecom Cup stages, the winner of the Russian Cup Final, the winner of the Grand Prix stages, the silver medalist of the Grand Prix Final -Pri, silver medalist at the Youth Olympic Games. For 14 years, my daughter fought and won, the struggle was so difficult, sometimes unbearable, but it was worth it, «added the figure skater's mother. Mukhametzyanova, paired with Ilya Mironov, became the silver medalist of the Youth Olympic Games 2020 and the silver medalist of the Grand Prix Final among juniors of the 2019/20 season.
