Lasitskene’s husband has shamed World Athletics and European Athletics officials after the athlete’s tears at the end of his international career

Journalist Vladas Lasickas, husband of the Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasitskene spoke to the head of the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) Sebastian Coe and the president of the European Athletics Association (European Athletics) Dobromir Karamarinov after the athlete’s remarks that his international career is completed.

On Thursday, Maria Lasitskene said after her performance at the Russian Athletics Team Championships in Sochi that she thought her international career was over. “Everything was decided a long time ago, and whatever we do, we are not expected there,” added Lasitskene. The words were given to the athlete with difficulty, she was choked with tears.

— Hello, Sebastian Coe and Dobromir Karamarinov. You think athletics is your property. But you are wrong. It’s the athlete’s business. And you forgot it. Shame on you leaders,” Lasickas tweeted.

Lasickene won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 30-year-old also has three world championship golds, one European championship gold, five Diamond League overall wins, as well as a number of gold medals won at the World and European Indoor Championships.

At the end of March, it was announced that the membership of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) in World Athletics had been restored after seven and a half years, but the suspension of Russians and Belarusians from international competitions was extended due to the situation. in Ukraine.