There are also athletes who have not officially announced their retirement from competition, meaning they are still active participants but not competing in tournaments. “SE” presented a list of athletes who, in theory, could participate in the national championship, but will not be present at the Chelyabinsk rink.
Women:
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva – suspended her career
Sofia Akatieva – injury
Veronika Zilina – injury
Anastasia Zinina – injury
Anna Shcherbakova missed the season and made no announcement regarding her retirement
Alexandra Trusova missed the season and made no announcement regarding her retirement
Anna Pogorilaya missed the season and made no announcement regarding her retirement
Alina Zagitova missed the season and made no announcement regarding her retirement
Evgenia Medvedeva missed the season and made no announcement regarding her retirement
Men:
Mikhail Kolyada – suspended his career
Andrey Mukhortov – qualified for the tournament, but by decision of the FFKKR Ilya Yablokov will perform in his place
Pairs:
Taisiya Sobinina and Denis Khodykin – skip the Russian championship for family reasons
Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov – end of career
Daria Boyarintseva/Roman Pleshkov – are not participating in the Russian Championship for family reasons
Victoria Vasilyeva/Roman Zaporozhets – reasons for absence are not indicated
Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin – the couple could have participated in the tournament as replacements, but they were not on the list of participants
Ice dancing:
Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov – they have not made any announcements regarding their retirement and deny the cessation of competitive activity, but do not participate in tournaments for the second consecutive season
Annabelle Morozov/Igor Shevchenko – the skaters are in the United States, where their partner is undergoing rehabilitation treatment after an injury
- Sikharulidze: “I can’t say that we suffer much from the suspension of Russian skaters”
Source: Sport
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