“It’s extremely strange that the President of Lithuania does such small things” – Yolanda Chen on depriving figure skaters Drobyazko and Vanagas of state awards

World Triple Jump Championship silver medalist Yolanda Chen, on , called it “very strange” that Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda deprived figure skaters Margarita Drobyazko and Povilas Vanagas of awards. ‘State.

On August 10, the President of Lithuania signed a decree according to which Drobyazko and Vanagas were excluded from the list of holders of the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas, 5th degree. Nauseda said that all the merits of Drobyazko and Vanagas for the country were nullified by the decision to perform in Tatiana Navka’s show in Sochi.

– Athletes are really sorry here. It is extremely strange to me that the president is engaged in such petty business, it is none of his business to deal with figure skaters, it is below diplomatic stuff that should exist for him.

The profession of athletes is very dependent, they have been performing here for many years, except for the show they have nothing. Moreover, the country’s president, instead of developing democracy by showing how athletes behave in Russia and other countries, on the contrary, he restricts the subject and makes the country undemocratic,” Chen said on air. from the show “There’s a theme!” on MatchTV.

Source : MatchTV

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