Honorary Vice President of the International Skating Union (ISU) Alexander Lakernik told that the refusal of Ukrainian figure skaters Violetta Serova And Ivan Khobta congratulate the Georgian couple Anastasia Metelkina /Luka Berulava with a victory during the Junior Grand Prix stage in Budapest, it looks ugly.
On Saturday, Metelkina and Berulava won the pairs competition at the Budapest Grand Prix, Serova/Khobta took second place and Canadians Martina Ariano Kent and Charlie Laliberte-Laurent took third place. At the award ceremony, Metelkina and Berulava hugged the Canadians, after which they approached the Ukrainians standing on the podium to congratulate them, but Serova and Khobta ignored him.
– That doesn’t look nice. It is a mistake to introduce political elements into sport: first they do not greet the Russians, now they do not congratulate the Georgians, and then where will we go? I can’t say how ISU will react to that,” Lakernik told .
Metelkina is a native of Vladimir, she has been playing for Georgia since 2020, a native of Moscow Berulava – since 2019. The athletes train under the guidance of Russian coach Pavel Slyusarenko.
Source : MatchTV
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