Russian State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina, a three-time Olympic champion in figure skating, explained why the International Skating Union (ISU) decided not to lift the sanctions imposed on Russian figure skaters, and the Americans and Canadians decided to order them medals. Sports24.
“ISU is dominated by Americans and Canadians. Frankly, they don’t like us. We decided to treat ourselves to medals for another year. After a while they won’t have a chance to keep us out. Then everyone will see how boring it is to be without us,” said Rodnina.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that domestic and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to participate in any competitions due to the political situation. For this reason, ISU suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions. The organization was supposed to discuss the issue of the admission of Russia and Belarus at the council meeting held in Lausanne on October 6-8.
Alexey Mishin in two words before took the chances The Russians will return to the international arena.