Alexandra Trusova

The Swedish Figure Skating Federation has requested to cancel the master class of the Russian figure skater, the silver medalist of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing Alexandra Trusova. It was supposed to take place in Stockholm in August.

“Match TV” is quoting the text of the federation’s letter to the clubs. Indicates that the event should be canceled “immediately” for the following reason:

Previously, the Stockholm Figure Skating Federation had requested the same.

The news has already been commented on by some celebrities related to the sports world. Yana Rudkovskaya, co-owner of the Angela Plushenko figure skating academy, says:

As Rudkovskaya added, according to her knowledge, many young athletes were waiting for Trusova’s master class, some of them would even come from other countries, including Italy and Japan.

Yana said in a comment for Sports.ru.

Alexandra Trusova

Figure skater Alexei Yagudin wrote on Instagram* a post dedicated to the news:

Alexei also reminded the Swedish Figure Skating Federation that “figure skating in their country is in a deplorable state”.

Celebrity trainer Tatyana Tarasova believes that the International Skating Union (ISU) was behind the decision to cancel the event:

– said Tarasova, calling the decision “the delirium of a madman.”

The teacher added.

Maria Butyrskaya, the world champion in figure skating, shared her own experience, commenting on the cancellation of the master class on the Sport-Express website:

Alexandra Trusova herself has not yet commented on the news.

Against the background of the sanctions imposed on Russia due to military special operations in Ukraine, Russian athletes were also banned from many competitions. For example, Russian tennis players could not participate in Wimbledon this year. True, the winner in the women’s singles finally became an athlete of Russian origin – Elena Rybakina, who plays for Kazakhstan.

*Instagram is owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization in the Russian Federation.