Athletistic / Figure skating. Former Russian figure skater, 1988 Olympic ice dancing champion Natalya Bestemyanova shared her opinion on men’s figure skating. She singled out three skaters who have strong personalities.

“In modern figure skating, I like individuality. If you single out the athletes, they are Malinin, Dikidzhi and Semenenko. Thanks to these athletes, individuality is expressed in figure skating.

Bestemyanova: “The legalization of somersaults is associated with the loss of interest in figure skating in Europe”

The main problem in figure skating is that it is now very difficult to show individuality. Especially with today’s rules. What’s wrong with them? They have become different compared to our times. It was then easier to show your individuality. Now everything fits together like a puzzle,” Sport24 quotes Bestemyanova.



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