Athletistic / Figure skating. Tatiana Tarasova, honored figure skating coach of the USSR, harshly commented on the words of Latvian figure skater Denis Vasilievs. Earlier, he called the IOC’s decision to allow Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (France) hasty.
“No one even asked Vasilyevs! It’s clear that he only wanted to promote himself this way. He’s just a stupid person,” Tarasova said according to Sport24.
- Latvian figure skater Vasilievs: “It’s not the right time for Russians to return to competitions”
On December 8, the IOC Executive Committee decided to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games with a neutral status and subject to a number of conditions. After this decision, Western media constantly raise the subject of a possible boycott of the 2024 Games by Ukraine and also call on French politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron, to ban the entry of Russians into their country for the entire duration of the Olympic Games.
Denis Vasilievs is a bronze medalist at the European Championship.
Source: Sport
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