President of the Russian Skating Union (SKR) Nikolai Gulyaev told that the organization is awaiting the verdict of the competent authorities on the incident between coach Alexander Kardakov and skater Yulia Epifanova.
Earlier, a 20-year-old skater from Yekaterinburg, Epifanova, said that on August 12 she was beaten by her former coach, Kardakov, 68, at the Ural Lightning Ice Palace in Chelyabinsk, where the athlete arrived in training. camp. Sverdlovsk Region Skating Federation President Boris Terentyev told on Sunday that police are looking into Kardakov’s appeal regarding Epifanova’s physical injuries.
– We understand, but first we have to wait for the verdict of the competent authorities. Moreover, next week I myself will be in Chelyabinsk. So far, I can’t tell who was right and who is wrong. I don’t know the objective image. But I can say that any incident of violence is unacceptable. We have it in the rules. We will punish such incidents, no matter who exactly was to blame. Neither coaches, nor athletes, nor officials are allowed to misbehave,” Gulyaev told .
The reason for the dispute between Kardakov and Epifanova was skates worth 150,000 rubles, which, according to the coach, the athlete should have returned two years ago after switching to another specialist.
Source : MatchTV
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