MOSCOW, February 25, Alena Sulizova. Russian figure skater Dmitry Kozlovsky , performing in a sports pair with Alexandra Boykova, told reporters that without the Russians the level of pair skating has fallen.
Boikova and Kozlovsky are European champions (2020), bronze medalists of the World Championship (2021). At the 2022 Olympics, the athletes took fourth place.
“»The development of various disciplines in figure skating occurs according to the principle of waves. A top Chinese pair and three Russian duets approached Beijing. After the end of the Olympics, due to the fact that Russian athletes did not compete and Chinese pairs ended their careers, such a vacuum was created in the figure skating space. The level has decreased. I think pairs will begin to catch up,» Kozlovsky said.