Athletistic / Figure skating. Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova commented on the initiative of director and choreographer Ilya Averbukh to organize tournaments in Russia with the participation of athletes from Russia and China.

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“Ilya suggested a good idea. It is always better to have at least something than nothing at all. He is absolutely right. But, unfortunately, it is not possible now. China will certainly not agree to participate at such a tournament. If they play in the same competitions with us, they will be immediately eliminated because we are disqualified. This is the ISU rule. The Japanese and the Chinese know this very well,” Sport24 Tarasova quotes.