Foreigners – about Gubanova’s victory at the European Championships: the Russians are definitely laughing at us

Athletistic/ Figure Skating. In 2022, the geopolitical situation has seriously changed. In this regard, many sanctions began to be introduced against. One of the measures was the withdrawal of Russian athletes from international competitions. In particular, Russian figure skaters were suspended. The ISU made the appropriate decision, guided by the IOC’s recommendations. Without representatives of Russia, in March 2022 the world championship was held in Montpellier. There were no Russians on the Grand Prix stages either. And the stage that took place in Russia and was called the Rostelecom Cup was moved to Finland.

This year, the withdrawal of Russians from international competitions continues. Therefore, the European Championship went without them. It was held this week in Espoo, Finland. In women’s singles, the big favorite was Luna Hendrix from Belgium. Indeed, a year ago she managed to show a better result in the short program of the European Championship than Anna Shcherbakova and Alexander Trusova. Also because of the Belgian is the 2022 World Cup silver.

However, the results were slightly different. After the short program, Russian figure skater Anastasia Gubanova, representing Georgia, took the lead. She scored 69.81 points. Luna Hendrix became the second. His result was 67.85 points. Swiss figure skater Kimmy Repond completes the top three. She had 63.83 on her account. After the free program, the line did not change at all. Anastasia Gubanova won the European Championship with a total of 199.91 points in two programs. Silver went to Luna Hendrix and bronze to Kimmy Repond.

Note that Anastasia Gubanova was born in Tolyatti, a city in the Samara region. As a child, she moved to St. Petersburg. Until March 2018, Gubanova trained with Alexei Urmanov and Angelina Turenko. Then she moved to Moscow and trained at CSKA with Elena Buyanova. In 2019, the figure skater returned to St. Petersburg and began training with Evgeny Rukavitsyn. In 2021, Anastasia Gubanova changed sports citizenship. She started playing for Georgia.

The victory of the Russian woman in the European Championship caused serious discussions. In particular, on the page of The Skating Lesson podcast, the phrase “Great, we banned the Russians, but their only skater still won the European Championship” was posted. Foreign readers left their comments. They have been translated Inoprosport.

Kamza:
– Your idea is too delicate. Considering her age, she will never represent Russia again, so by winning today, Gubanova effectively “cheated” the Russian system.

Tracey Brown:
– So after all, in almost every country there are former Russian figure skaters?

Trump Gal:

– And there was no need to ban. Politics and sport must be separated, it is a fact.

The ex :

– I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, she was vastly underrated in Russia and I was glad she changed the country. On the other hand, its ties with Russia are still close. She should take an example from Kurakova, how to change correctly.

Delilah topic:

– During the press conference, she mentioned her training group in St. Petersburg, and that she is still in contact with them…

rolling dumpling:

– And at the same time we continue to hate such athletes as Shcherbakova and Lisa. The way Gubanova trains and lives, it’s not like them, is it?
Sometimes hypocrisy and the juggling of facts flourish in all their glory…

Pegg Robertson:

– Has the ISU carried out doping controls during these competitions?

Dr Fraud:

– I think everyone is fine when they make money “for us”…

SilPro:

– “Excellent, we banned the Russians”, but we continue to see his representative making the same “ridiculous assessments” that the Russians constantly complain about (and I myself am not Russian, and I do not defend them in any way !!!Just to clarify…)

haktan:

– The Russians are the best. Without them, let’s face it, the level of competition is crap. This tournament was super boring without the Russian girls, that’s obvious.

flankerpraha:

– In this case, Russia is not responsible for the fact that Europe lost.

TheFlowMind:

– The Russians are definitely laughing at us …

lloyd culbreath:

– Completely prohibit their participation!

Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic