Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said that all Russian figure skaters should be allowed to participate in international competitions. “Sports Express”.
“We all need to be accepted. Our people need the work of not only the federation, but also the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Ministry of Sports. We need them not only to talk about us, but also to promote us,” said Tarasova.
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.
Formerly president of the IOC responded to the accusations Double standards are applied to Russian athletes.