Honored trainer of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova commented on the news of the Ministry of Sports of Ukraine. prohibited for their athletes to compete with the Russians.
“Do we care what the Ukrainians forbid their athletes? Permission is the key for us. If allowed, we will participate. It doesn’t matter to us who attends, ”says the coach DEA News.
Recall that at the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
At a meeting of the IOC executive committee on March 28, it was recommended that the Russians be allowed a neutral status if the athletes did not actively support the hostilities. Athletes representing law enforcement and armed forces will not be allowed to compete.
Former Ukrainian skeletonist Vladislav Geraskevich accused Government in the destruction of sport in the country.