“The difference has always been, is and will be” – Rodnina on salaries in football and other sports

The difference in salaries between football players and representatives of other sports has always been, is and will be, the three-time Olympic figure skating champion and State Duma deputy told . Irina Rodnina .

Earlier, Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Angelina Melnikova told Sport24 that she was offended by the fact that footballers in Russia receive an order of magnitude more than gymnasts, even though, according to her, footballers train for 3 to 4 hours and gymnasts for 3 to 4 hours. 7-8.

– There is no equality anywhere. I don’t know why Melnikova says this. The difference (in wages) has always been, is and will be. Footballers are professional clubs, it makes no sense to compare. Gymnastics is an individual sport, a higher level sport. These are incomparable things,” Rodnina told .