Athletistic / Figure skating Honored USSR figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova has criticized Ukrainian NOC chief Sergei Bubka’s call to withdraw Russians and Belarusians from international competitions.

“Now we have different states. We have different positions. Of course, all of this is incredible, because the people who represent the great sport understand what it’s like to be suspended. They understand what betrayal , humiliation can be.

It’s a nightmarish situation with the suspension of our athletes. I want to know why this is happening. I worked for 75 years. And I want to know why. We need to know why this is happening. What type of voluntarism is it, what is it?

I don’t even want to think about it, I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to believe that those for whom we prayed, to whom we wished victory, I mean the people who represent our national team, can say anything else. To experience this sporting life in a different way,” R-Sport quotes Tarasova.

Recall that earlier Bubka expressed solidarity with the recommendations of the IOC not to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions.