Tatyana Tarasova became the winner of the National Sports Award in the nomination “Era in Sports”

Honored coach of the USSR and Russia in figure skating Tatiana Tarasova became the National Sports Award winner in the “Era in Sports” nomination

The solemn ceremony takes place on Wednesday at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace in Moscow.

– Thanks a lot. For getting up (in the room), for being called here. I’m hit deep. I feel that you like our sport, it is the most beautiful, the most difficult, the most wonderful.

I am very happy that Anechka Shcherbakova was rewarded today. Girls all over the world come to figure skating at the age of 3. And of all these girls, Anya Shcherbakova is the best in the world. Thanks also to our figure skating federation. Thank you for remembering Alexander Gorshkov today, we will always remember him. We won, we win and we run! said Tarasov.

The National Sports Prize is one of the main sports prizes in Russia. The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, together with fans and experts, summarizes and names the best among 11 nominations. There are 18 winners in total.

The National Sports Prize Expert Council includes Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin, State Duma Deputy, three-time Olympic champion in figure skating Irina Rodnina, President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev, deputy of the State Duma, Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova and other sports officials and titled athletes.

The title of laureate and a prize of 1 million rubles are awarded to athletes, coaches, media representatives and constituent entities of the Federation, thanks to which sport is becoming increasingly popular in Russia and attracts the attention of millions of people . Also, the infrastructural transformations of Russian sport are noted.