“Protopopov and Belousova are great Russian figure skaters, they should be buried where they happened” – Lakernik

Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov are great Russian figure skaters, they should be buried where they were buried, said Alexander Lakernik, honorary vice-president of the International Skating Union (ISU).

Protopopov died on October 31, 2023, at the age of 91 in Switzerland. Protopopov’s will stated that he should be buried with Belousova in St. Petersburg; she died in September 2017. Protopopov kept Lyudmila Evgenievna’s ashes at home. On Sunday, the athletes’ relatives told TASS that all agreements had been reached and that in the near future the skaters’ ashes would be delivered to St. Petersburg for burial in September at the Volkovskoye cemetery.

“I think it’s a good thing, it was their desire.” These are great Soviet and Russian figure skaters. They should be buried where they excelled as athletes, where they brought glory to Soviet sport. “We should probably erect a monument, they deserve it,” Lakernik told .

The duo won the USSR championships six times, the world and European championships four times, and won gold at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games. Belousova and Protopopov were invited to Switzerland for demonstrations in 1979, where they remained. In August 1995, they were granted Swiss citizenship.

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