Champions of Russia Alexandra Stepanova And Ivan Boukine They told they hoped Russian figure skaters would be allowed to compete internationally in the 2025/26 season.
Russian skaters have been suspended from international competitions since March 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine.
In the new edition of the rules of the International Swimming Federation on neutral status, there are no clauses limiting applications of Russians for distances to international starts, there are no restrictions on participation in team events of the program, and there are also no restrictions on meeting the standard exclusively outside of Russia and Belarus.
— The International Swimming Federation has already admitted Russian swimmers to neutral status. Do you think ISU will allow us next season?
Stepanova: We don’t know anything. We have already changed our minds so much.
Boukine: Now there is no more talk about it, there are no prerequisites, so we will wait for official information. Only, we will make a few comments on this subject, because now it is only reasoning, and reasoning leads to nothing. We want, we hope. “And it’s the people specifically responsible for this who decide,” the skaters told .
Stepanova and Bukin are silver medalists of the European Championship, champions of Russia.
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