Irina Rodnina: “Alysa Liu’s success would not have been possible without Russian figure skaters.”

Three-time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina stated that American skater Alysa Liu’s success would not have been possible without the influence of Russian figure skaters.

original source: SovSport

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Three-time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina believes that the success of American figure skater Alysa Liu would have been impossible without Russian skaters. Here’s a translation of her comments.

“Liu’s success would not have been possible without Russian figure skaters. After all, as a junior, she competed against them and performed ultra-c elements because our skaters were doing them too.

Then all our skaters were suspended from major competitions. This also affected her career in a certain way. Maybe it even added motivation and confidence that winning Olympic and World Championship gold was now truly possible. But in any case, she deserved all of it,” Rodnina said.

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