Two-time Olympic champion Maxim Trankov appreciated the reaction Alina Zagitova on the decision of the organizers of the First Channel Cup to cancel the result Veronica Yametova.
Anastasia Zinina from the team of Kamila Valieva could not finish the short program due to injury. In this regard, the organizers subtracted from the overall result of Zagitova’s team the result of the figure skater with the lowest amount of points – she turned out to be Yametova. In turn, Zagitova was dissatisfied with this decision.
“Alina has the right to behave as she sees fit. I think we should be more interested in sports. Especially if you are a captain, a victorious captain, especially if you are interested in hockey.
You need to know that in sports there is such a thing as fair play. Not all guys know what it is. This is also the problem of our adult generation, that somewhere we didn’t teach, somewhere we didn’t explain that the concept of fair play is very important, that the most important thing in sports is nobility and equal struggle.
The lack of knowledge of fair play was reflected in Alina’s reaction. But in principle, I did not see any negativity coming from Alina, neither towards our team, nor towards Kamila. I think that this is a bit of an inflated claim, ”Trankov said.