Tatiana Tarasova: “These Olympic Games were weaker than anything I’ve seen in my entire life. Maybe it’s because we – Russians – weren’t there.”
Tatiana Tarasova believes that the level of figure skating at the 2026 Olympics was low.
original source: Sports
Tatiana Tarasova stated that the level of figure skating at the 2026 Olympics was lower than in previous years, suggesting the absence of Russian athletes contributed to this decline. Here’s a translation.
The women’s singles champion at the 2026 Games was American Alysa Liu. In men’s singles, Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won; in pairs, Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara; and in ice dance, France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.
Russian athletes Adelia Petrosian and Petr Gumennik, competing under neutral status, finished sixth.
“I’ve been to the Olympics many times – my athletes have won them seven times. I feel that these Olympic Games were weaker than anything I’ve seen in my entire life. Maybe it’s because we – Russians – weren’t there.
But it’s a great injustice; it shouldn’t be this way. But they really were weaker,” Tarasova said on Okko.
Related topics: Olympic Games, Tatiana Tarasova
She’s mad about pairs, she’s just venting guys don’t take it personal.
She means well .
She’s mad over pairs, she’s just venting guys don’t take it personal.
She means well .
She’s mad over pairs and venting let her guys don’t take it personal, she means well .
This lady seems to have dementia. Russian figure skaters were there, remember? Adelia Petrosian was there, and Petr Gummenik was there as well. Both have finished outside the podium, in competition against “weak” skaters”. Someone please, explain this for Tatiana Tarasova
She takes too much credit for her skating team. Has she already forgotten the doping scandal? 1) Doping is a crime; 2) If an athlete is properly trained and coached, and has properly prepared him or herself for the rigorous schedule of the Olympics, there should be no need to ever consider doping anyway.
But you were there, Tat. Not in full numbers, but with the current best eligible Russian man and woman.
Does she even realize she’s throwing her country’s skaters that were there under the bus with such a statement?