MOSCOW, Aug 14 Two-time Olympic champion in team competition Nikita Katsalapov, performing in ice dancing, paired with Victoria Sinitsina, said that they did not announce their retirement, and his words were torn out of the context of an old interview. Earlier, the coach of the athletes, Alexander Zhulin, said that Sinitsina and Katsalapov were ending their careers. «We did not announce the end career. My words were torn out of the context of an old interview, they provoked the coach and pulled a comment out of him. That's it. There were no statements. Thank you all,» Katsalapov wrote in his Telegram channel. Sinitsina is 27 years old, Katsalapov is 31 years old. The skaters have been performing together since 2014 and as a duo became world champions (in 2021), two-time European champions (2020, 2022), champions of the Beijing Olympic Games (2022) in team competitions, silver medalists of the Beijing Games in dance, winners of the world team championship (2021). Katsalapov is also the 2014 Olympic champion in team events.
