“We need the expertise of a team of independent judges” – Skobrev on complaints about refereeing at the Russian Junior Championship

The scoring history at the Russian Junior Figure Skating Championship requires independent review, and all parties are interested in objective arbitration, the two-time Olympic medalist in speed skating believes. Ivan Skobrev .

Previously coach Yevgeny Plushenko said he had complaints about judging the performance of figure skaters on his team Veronica Zhilina And Sofia Titova at the tournament held in Perm. Skobrev works as a physical training coach at the Angela Plushenko Academy.

– I think that the expertise of an independent jury is necessary here. And, most likely, this review will be done. This question is really important. There must be a procedure. If there have been refereeing errors, if there has been bias, it must stop. It is clear that this is a subjective sport and everyone supports their athlete, but a neutral assessment of what happened is necessary. The question is not who took what place, but how the assessments were made.

I think everyone in figure skating is interested in objective officiating and we have to deal with such cases. As far as I know, Evgeny Viktorovich is ready to meet with the leaders of our sport on this issue,” Skobrev told .

Zhilina took second place in the Russian Championship among juniors, Titova became 4th. The winner was Alina Gorbacheva from Tver, coached by Sofia Fedchenko.