“The European Championships turned out to be interesting, it’s a shame there are no Russian figure skaters” – Bestemyanova

It’s a shame that the Russians could not participate in the European Championship, but the tournament was still interesting to watch, Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanova told .

The championship takes place in Kaunas, Lithuania. Belgian Luna Hendrix won the women’s singles skating competition on Saturday. In total, she earned 213.25 points for the short and free programs. Togliatti native Anastasia Gubanova (206.52), representing Georgia, won silver, and another representative from Belgium, Nina Pinzarrone (202.29), closed the top three.

– I think everything is perfect. Luna Hendrix deservedly won and ultimately took home the title. Would the level of competition have fallen without the Russians? It’s very difficult to talk when our girls are not in the arena. Of course, we would be happy to say that the level has dropped, but the tournament turned out to be very interesting. It was very interesting for me to watch it. It’s a shame that we didn’t participate in the European Championships,” Bestemyanova told .

Russian figure skaters have been suspended from participating in competitions held under the auspices of the International Skating Union (ISU) due to the situation in Ukraine.