Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova in an interview Sports24Commenting on the words of Irina Viner, President of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, who stated that Russian gymnasts will not perform without a flag and anthem, Russian gymnasts described the referee issue as an important problem in the athletes’ potential return to the international arena. competitions.
“It would be great if Irina Aleksandrovna decides to do this and creates a new team over the years! However, athletes train with different coaches and their opinions should be taken into account.
I was also thinking about gymnastics, they would be considered ugly if they were accepted. We have already experienced this in figure skating: whoever wants to do it. We need to think about this,” Tarasova said.
On December 8, the International Olympic Committee allowed athletes from Russia to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games with neutral status. It was initially reported that eight Russians and three Belarusians received licenses for the Games, but on December 13 the IOC press service corrected this data.
Previously Dmitry Guberniev Reacted Wiener’s remarks about his refusal to go to the Games without a flag and anthem.