Athletistic/ Figure skating. Russian figure skater Anna Shcherbakova, who performs in a duet with Yegor Goncharov in ice dancing, spoke about the influence on her life of being the full namesake of Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova.
“Unpleasant situations happen. In Kazan, during accreditation, I am asked who I am. I answer: “Anna Shcherbakova.” And in response: “Yeah, that same understudy?” Are you serious? An understudy , it looks very humiliating, even if the person He didn’t want to offend me with his words and he was just joking… It was inappropriate and offensive, this story made me angry. I l The impression that people see some kind of pathetic copy in front of them. This is not normal!
I think that in principle it is unethical to compare like this. And even more so calling someone an understudy. There is one Anya Shcherbakova and another. I don’t want this to be highlighted in a negative light at all. Sometimes you look at the comments under the news and read again talking about a copy or an analogue… People need to understand that there are two different Anna Shcherbakovs. We are two different, independent people, two wonderful athletes,” Shcherbakova said, as quoted by Sport-Express.
Shcherbakova, together with Egor Goncharov, won the Russian championship in 2023. Anna Shcherbakova (figure skater) became world champion in 2021 and in 2022 won the gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing (China).
Source: Sport
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