Honored coach of the Russian Federation Pavlova called Rodnina’s statements regarding the Kazan Grand Prix stage unacceptable

Honored coach of Russia Olga Pavlova, on the air of the program “There is a topic” on , said that she considered the statements of the three-time Olympic champion unacceptable. Irina Rodnina about figure skating competitions in Kazan.

Earlier, Rodnina compared the fourth stage of the Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix, which took place from November 8 to 12, to the “housing office championship”.

— I was at the Kazan Grand Prix and all the best team of the Russian team performed there. There were no empty seats, it was like in Soviet times. There haven’t been housing offices in a long time, but any housing office would probably be proud of the athletes who play for that team.

But something else was bothering me. Now that our political and sporting authorities are pursuing such a policy of developing national competitions, it would undoubtedly no longer be necessary to speak in such an impartial manner about these competitions. Maybe there were empty stands somewhere, but not in Kazan for figure skating. I can’t stand these things [подобные высказывания]. This is unacceptable to me.

Probably, Thomas Bach really wants to please everyone, especially his American friends. We remember how they treated undesirable FIFA leaders, how they were prosecuted. Bach has his own task. We must listen to our head of state. We must prepare for our competitions and move towards our goal. “Don’t pay attention to anything,” Pavlova said on .

Earlier, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said that the authorities of some states were withdrawing the right to organize competitions from international sports federations and were themselves deciding on the principles allowing athletes to participate in tournaments, violating the autonomy of sport.