Athletistic/ Figure skating. Kristina Oblasova is the first Russian figure skater to win the Junior World Championships in women’s singles in the 21st century – this happened in 2001. The talented figure skater recently gave a fiery interview in which she seriously criticized the gold medalist 2022 Olympic silver medalist and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Irina Slutskaya.

“Why did she move from Gromova to Elena Tchaikovskaya? Most likely, because I had a very strong conflict with Slutskaya. We had terrible conflicts, which Valentin Piseev himself was going through. adolescence: she recovered , she I could not do the difficult jumps, I began to lose coordination On the contrary, at the age of 12-13 I was able to jump the most difficult elements, and Piseev came to. the rink for. check what form Slutskaya was in before the competition, and she and I were on the same ice We trained for a while, and he always singled me out, which provoked her into some kind of d. hysteria, actions, etc.

One day, the atmosphere became simply unbearable. I perfectly understood who I was and who Slutskaya already was. We kindly said goodbye to Gromova and parted ways,” Oblasova noted.

Oblasova also told a very unpleasant story for her with unscrewed screws on a ridge. According to her, it was one of her competitors who did this.

“It happened more than once, it happened several times. I have accumulated many similar stories during the period when I was skating in a group with Slutskaya, there were no cameras at the rink or anything else, so in that situation with the screws unscrewed I did it. I couldn’t watch any recording to find out who did that. But no one other than her. was able to do it. As I was about to jump, my blade fell and I fell and broke my leg.

This happened during training, but before serious competitions. I had to fly to Australia.

We argued with Slutskaya in the locker room, shouted and sometimes even fought. And she repeatedly declared: “You will have more of me, I will show you so that you break your legs.” Just like that. Someone was constantly doing nasty things to someone,” Oblasova said.

When asked why the athlete did not complain to anyone, she responded as follows:

” What’s the point ? Well, I would say. How to collect evidence? Now there are cameras in the locker rooms and hallways, you can see who came in and out, where and at what time. the skates were kept in personal lockers. Clearly there were keys, but the locks were easy to open.

Did it take me a long time to recover from the fracture? My character is too strong, I always recovered quickly, came back and beat everyone,” Oblasova emphasized.

Oblasova believes that Irina Slutskaya is responsible for the history of skates.

“During this period, we had a real war with her! We argued, we fought. She turned the whole group against me, persuaded them not to talk to me, because she was considered a leader and a star. Real hazing reigned. She organized the “dark” for one, then for the other. In general, she had a kind of difficult transition age, even though she was already 18-19 years old,” the skater added.

Oblasova also said that Slutskaya became asthmatic in her youth for unknown reasons. After that, according to the ex-skater, she was allowed to take prohibited drugs.

Slutskaya herself admitted that she knew nothing about the one who accused her.

“I don’t know any Kristina Oblasova. I’m not talking about anonymous skaters,” Slutskaya noted.

Remember that the athletes’ careers took place at the same time. In particular, Slutskaya and Oblasova participated in the Russian championships five times. Oblasova’s highest achievement at the national championship is the bronze medal; Slutskaya has won the tournament four times. She won the world championships twice.

Since the end of February 2022, Russian figure skaters have been suspended from international competitions.

Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru



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