“Let this not be another false hope and let everything work out. The criteria are indeed strict.” Evgenia Medvedeva about the admission of Russian skaters to Olympic qualification event

Posted on 2025-01-13 • 3 comments

 

Evgenia Medvedeva about the admission of Russian skaters to Olympic qualification competition.

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Evgenia Medvedeva described the criteria for allowing Russians to qualification competition for the 2026 Olympics as stringent. Here’s a translation of her comment.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has permitted Russian figure skaters to participate in the qualifiers for the 2026 Olympics under a neutral status. Each discipline will have one participant.

Evgenia Medvedeva: Of course, we are all happy. This is fantastic and motivational news, which is almost too overwhelming to believe, because there have been so many misleading headlines, fake news, and false hopes presented to our athletes.

Initially, it’s ‘yes, yes’, then it’s ‘but no, there are nuances’. We may allow you, but it’s only us who allow, they do not, so you can’t perform. We hope everything turns out as it currently seems, and our athletes are allowed to participate. We all wish for this. Let it be so, and not another false hope.

Q: Some say that the criteria are still quite strict.

Evgenia Medvedeva: The criteria are indeed strict, so as I said: let this not be another false hope and let everything work out.”


 

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3 Responses to ““Let this not be another false hope and let everything work out. The criteria are indeed strict.” Evgenia Medvedeva about the admission of Russian skaters to Olympic qualification event”

  1. Yes, I was referring to the more recent years, where figure skating has seen a significant rise in popularity, mainly due to the success of the Russian girls. Even if a country dominates the podium, there shouldn’t be any reasons to take action to prevent it.

  2. Just sayin' says:

    If that were the reason, there would’ve been action taken years ago. The only disciplines Russia is dominating these days is ladies and, to a lesser extent, pairs. And even with the ladies…skating has been in the Olympics since 1908 and the first Russian medalist, including USSR, was Irina Slutskaya in 2002. You are right in saying the last, say 15 years, Russian girls have set the bar and have had outstanding successes, but 15 out of 116 years is hardly a “history of dominating the podium in figure skating”. It’s 12%.

  3. This is to prevent multiple Russian athletes from being held on the podium in one specific discipline, especially as Russia has had a history of dominating the podium in figure skating.

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