Khudaiberdieva on ISU’s refusal to reconsider the issue of admitting athletes: “It is expected, but we are not discouraged”

Russian ice dancing champion Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva called the refusal of the council of the International Skating Union (ISU) to reconsider the issue of admitting Russian athletes to international competitions expected, and also announced that his next text in a column would be devoted about this.

Earlier, a source told that the ISU council in Lausanne had not reconsidered the issue of admitting Russians to international competitions.

— My friends, just like you, I am following the news of today’s ISU council on the issue of admission of Russian athletes to international competitions. This has never happened before, and here it is again. It’s already some kind of acceptance, so luckily we have some kind of plan. We stick to it, we don’t get discouraged, but it’s quite expected. I think that in the near future I should write my thoughts on this issue in a new article,” Khudaiberdieva told .

Russian figure skaters, speed skaters and short track speed skaters have been suspended from all international competition under the auspices of the ISU since 2022.

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