Russian Skating Union Secretary General Ksenia Shantseva speaks at the International Skating Union (ISU) Congress with an open letter from athletes of the Russian national speed skating and short track teams .
Russian athletes due to the situation in Ukraine are suspended from participating in international competitions until further notice. Sergey Sviridov spoke about the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) at the congress, which started in Phuket, and Shantsev about the Russian Skating Union. She supported Sviridov in his speech, who said that the FFKKR is not involved in politics, only in the development of its sport.
“By depriving us of the opportunity to compete with the strongest athletes in the world and achieve the best results, the ISU violates the whole principle of sport,” the athletes said in the appeal.
The letter states that the athletes were disappointed with the decisions of the ISU, which “deprived Russian athletes of the possibility of completing the 2021/22 Olympic season, and also called into question the continued participation of Russian athletes. international competitions for an indefinite period”.
Source : MatchTV
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