Alexander Kogan, General Manager of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), said that Russian skaters will not participate in the Armenian Open Championship.
“I have no idea what kind of tournament is in Armenia. “Our athletes will not participate in this tournament,” he said. TASS.
Sports manager Ani Zakaryan confirmed the information about the participation of the Russians in the Armenian Open Figure Skating Championships. Participants from Russia are expected to be skaters who missed the Olympic Games in Beijing. Recall that at the games, Russia was represented by Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, Evgeny Semenenko, Mark Kondratyuk, Andrey Mozalev, Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, Anastasia Mishina / Alexander Gallyamov, Alexandra Boykova / Dmitry Kozlovsky, Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov. , Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin and Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin.
On February 28, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a call to sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
After the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from the competition. For them, the international season is over. They failed to compete at the World Championships in Montpellier.
Tatyana Mishina, previously the trainer of figure skaters Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Mikhail Kolyada, saidHe said that his ward will not participate in the Armenian open championship.
Source: Gazeta
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