Speaking for Lithuania, figure skater Daniel Kochkers talked about the development of figure skating in Latvia. Transmits words sports24.
“Figure skating was not popular at all in Latvia. Nobody even knew what it was. But in the last two years after the European Championship bronze medal, Denis Vasiliev has become much more popular. Now there are separate types of ice, ball skating for figure skaters. This has never happened before. And more people started doing it. Relatively speaking, if Kamila Valieva or Alexandra Trusova appears on the street, then of course they will be recognized, ”said Kochkers.
Kamila Valieva is the Beijing Olympic champion in the team tournament. He finished fourth in the individual championship. Alexandra Trusova won the silver, losing to her compatriot Anna Shcherbakova.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a call to international sports federations, advising them not to allow domestic and Belarusian athletes to participate in any competitions. For this reason, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions.
Formerly Svetlana Sokolovskaya statedThat Trusova’s work on the ice is worth nothing.