“ISU is cheap, they have no right to forget who really became champion” – Tarasova on not mentioning Gubanova as European champion

The International Skating Union (ISU) is behaving shamefully by not indicating in its messages that the last European Championship was won by a Russian. Anastasia Gubanova playing for the Georgian national team, the Honored Coach of the USSR told Tatyana Tarasova .

Earlier, the ISU published a post on social media with the caption “Reigning European champions return to the medal race at the European Championships in Kaunas” and photographs of the winners of the 2023 tournament. In the At the same time, presenting women’s single skating, the ISU published a photo not of 2023 European champion Anastasia Gubanova, competing for Georgia, but of a photo of Belgian silver medalist Luna Hendricks.

— Gubanova did not participate in the European Championships as a Russian, she represented Georgia. But the ISU people behave like primitive and illegal subjects. They do not have the right to award other people’s titles, they are won by athletes. Gubanova won this title and please be kind enough to say that she is also a European champion. The behavior of the ISU is a complete disgrace, it must stop. The Georgian side, I think, should be outraged that Hendrix was mentioned instead of Gubanova. In general, the ISU thus shows its attitude towards the great power – Russia, because Gubanova is a Russian girl born in Russia. And ISU is cheap. They have no right to name champions or forget those who actually became champions,” Tarasova told .

An hour later, ISU corrected the original post and replaced Luna Hendricks with Anastasia Gubanova.