Athletistic / Speed ​​skating. Russian Olga Fatkulina, 2014 Olympic silver medalist in speed skating, shared her thoughts on the future prospects of her sport. According to Fatkulina, without international competitions, we cannot count on anything good.

“How do I live? It’s completely unfortunate. I gave birth, I came back, and wages have been cut everywhere. I’m starting at the bottom. I survive thanks to what my husband earns. I’m running for the pleasure, my speed skating salary doesn’t really support me anymore.

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Will the young people leave? I think those who managed to taste how good everything was will leave. Young people will simply catch up.

But there will be no results, because there is no global rivalry, I do not want to tear anyone at the international level, the skates will “stop” if we do not have international competitions, stages of the World Cup”, Match TV quotes Fatkulina.


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