Athletistic/Figure skating. At the European Championship, deprived of Russian figure skaters, there are no prominent figures, noted Irina Rodnina, three-time Olympic champion and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, in an interview with Match TV .

The European Figure Skating Championships began on Wednesday in Kaunas (Lithuania). Russian athletes are still not allowed to participate in international competitions within the International Skating Union (ISU).

— Are you interested in the European Championship without the Russian team?

— Yes, the European Championship has already taken place without us. I don’t think anyone was following him. This tournament only attracted attention thanks to the performance of the Finnish athlete, if you can call it that. That was the only strong point,” she replied.

Are you going to follow the tournament now?

— Maybe I’ll watch some performances on the Internet. I am interested in pair skating, even though there are practically no strong pairs in Europe. There is some sort of representation in women’s singles skating. Italians and French are interested in dancing. There are no notable figures in men’s single skating either, with the exception of the French. For us, the European Championship has always been more of an internal feud.

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