Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova in an interview “Championship” He stated that he found the past year successful for local skaters.
According to him, competition in all types of figure skating is increasing in our country.
“2023 can be called a very successful year for Russian figure skating. The Russian championship took place in a very strong competition, Dikiji emerged who could compete with the whole world. He and Gumennik performed at the highest level. We have very strong girls and the doubles are the best in the world. Our champions Mishina and Gallyamov are especially good, they skated perfectly in their free program at the Russian Championships,” said Tarasova.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions. For this reason, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended athletes from both countries from competitions. The last major tournament for the Russians was the Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
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