Athletistic/ Figure Skating. Famous Russian figure skating coach Alexander Zhulin explained whether it was possible to combine ice dancing and pair skating into one sport.

The specialist believes that every athlete should do their own thing and cited as examples Alexandra Trusova, who competed in track and field, and Alina Zagitova, who demonstrated with Oleg Saitov.

“I think the International Skating Union tries to separate pair skating and ice dancing. It’s understandable, because dancers aren’t very keen on the prospect of learning support and rotation. The dances they -even become more difficult, it is not by chance that skaters take certain elements of “But everyone should mind their own business. Was it interesting to watch Trusova’s long jumps? No, she is interesting when she jumps fourth, and Zagitova is not interesting for her boxing activities,” Zhulin explained.