Down-the-line.com / Figure Skating. Former Russian figure skater and current coach Katarina Gerboldt spoke about losing the maximum quota at the World Figure Skating Championships next season.

“In this situation, I would be happy with at least one quota, because we could be deprived of all quotas in general, but so far even the return of Russian athletes is a big question.

Tarasova reacted to the decision of the ISU to deprive the Russian team of the maximum quota for the 2023 World Cup

Of course, we understand that the strongest athletes on the planet are Russians, and the strongest individual skater is revealed at the Russian Championships, but in the career of every athlete, the most desirable medal is not the Russian Championship, but the World Championship. or the Olympic Games.

Victories in these tournaments are more significant, more valuable, of course, but at the level of participants, the Russian championship looks much stronger.

It turns out that skaters whose career hit the current moment were unlucky. In addition to talent, strength and effort in sports, luck is very necessary, ”quotes Gerboldt Gazeta.ru.