“I don’t think they thought of it on their own.” Figure skater Katsalapov speaks about the disrespectful attitude of foreign athletes

Olympic figure skating champion Nikita Katsalapov believes that athletes from the United States and Ukraine do not willingly disrespect Russian athletes.

On Wednesday, Sinitsina and Katsalapov hold a creative meeting with “Knowledge” within the framework of the “Russia” exhibition and forum at VDNKh.

— At the Olympics, the guys from America, with whom we have had excellent communication all our lives, stood up and left the stands. Maybe there was some sort of order. I think they didn’t find it alone, since we always walked together. And the Ukrainian guys didn’t shake hands, they turned away. We will survive.

Now we wondered how they treated us. So everyone is waiting for us, they say that without us it is empty, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Katsalapov’s words.

Sinitsina and Katsalapov are Olympic silver medalists, world, European and Russian champions.