Athletistic/ Figure Skating. Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova commented on the activity of Russian figure skaters in other sports.

“I think every skater can try to develop in addition to figure skating. We have a lot of guys in athletics, which is included in day-to-day activities. And if they want it, then please. But I don’t I wouldn’t touch football, because it’s legs, and you have to take care of your legs,” Tarasova said.

On June 28, figure skaters Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, Kamila Valieva, Evgenia Tarasova, Adelia Petrosyan, Maya Khromykh and Daria Usacheva attended a training session of the CSKA football club, where they played with the ball, and also took part in an impromptu match with the players of the Moscow team Igor Diveev, Ivan Oblyakov and Konstantin Kuchaev.