Shlemenko – about the scandal with Isinbayeva: “I don’t understand why we create idols for ourselves”

She had previously announced that she would continue to work for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The athlete also stated that his major rank was nominal. According to the media, Isinbayeva lives in Spain.

In the future, the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov announced that the Makhachkala stadium in honor of Isinbayeva would be renamed.

“They want to rename the stadium after Isinbayeva? Yes, I heard about it. I agree.

Oleksandr Shlemenko: “I’m glad that with the victory over Oliveira I gagged a bit

For what? This is our big problem. I don’t understand why we create idols for ourselves. In other words, our government likes to create idols. I’m not talking about Elena Isinbayeva now. It’s her life, she has to understand that, but if a person doesn’t even live in Russia, if a person doesn’t do anything for Russia, and even worse, when a person speaks out against his country’s actions in a difficult time, then why should we congratulate him?

We actually have a big problem with athletes. We take people, exalt them for their athletic achievements, but then get let down when they talk about life concepts or how to move through life. But if you are five or six times world champion, Olympic champion, good in this sport, it does not mean that you are good in all sports. And they take us by the ears and shoot.

Basically, that’s how the Olympians are drawn. I come from a non-Olympic species. There was no state support, I was not fired. Agree that those who don’t sit in state security love their country more. They don’t leave it, although there are opportunities, they try to do something, they work with young people,” Shlemenko said on YouTube channel Ushatayka.