Athletistic/Figure skating. Irina Slutskaya, two-time world champion in women’s single skating, shared her opinion on participating in international competitions under a neutral flag.

“Imagine, an athlete at the peak of success, realizes that now he is the best, that he is close to his dream. It is wrong to judge. Everyone has their own opinion. Some will say that it is a betrayal , and others: “I have waited all my life.” This is a very painful subject. Everyone must make their own decision. Someone can say that they will not go to Paris because they want to compete only under your own flag. When it all just started, a long time ago, I said to myself: “How can we go to the Olympics under a neutral flag, under some kind of white rag?” But then I I thought: “Why not?” We know these athletes, they are ours. We will do it. not for the white rag, but for the athlete himself, “Slutskaya said in an interview on the YouTube channel ” Alla Shishkina / Without Water.


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