The mother claims that the coach has sexually disturbed her daughter.
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Russia’s figure skating circles shook last week when promising Veronika Zhilina17, claimed a well -known coach Sergei Rozanov sexually disturbed him.
After the opening of Zhilina, many others came up with their experiences. Of these, perhaps Ranki is the 12-year-old figure skater’s mother Tatyanan Antonova report.
According to Antonova, his daughter has experienced sexual harassment coach Constantin Medonikov from. She says Medonikov has pushed her hand in her daughter’s shirt, kissing her on your lips and biting her chest.
According to Sportbox.ru, Medonikov had also behaved inappropriately in the competition in Krasnojarsk in January. The transmission of the event had been recorded as the man pressed close to the figure skater and touched him twice from the chest area.
Tatyana Antonova was looking for a new coach for her daughter in the spring. He told about it in the letter to the Novosibirsk Figure Skating Association, after which the Medonikov coach ended. However, he retained his place in the local union and, according to the skater’s mother, tried to cancel Antonova’s exchange from one coaching group to another. Mom says Medonikov has threatened to arrange his daughter’s competition for the Novosibirsk region.
The Novosibirsk Figure Skating Association denied Matchtv that he knows anything about Medonikov’s alleged harassment. It emphasized that the coach worked well and successfully for 11 years. According to the union, the coach resigned.
The parents of Medonikov’s coaches, who communicate at the mouth of their representative, are also in the same position that the mother of the figure skater is deliberately lying because the daughter’s success turned into the decline.
– This has become revenge against the coach. The interrogator has heard our children, and they have not confirmed the version of Antonova.
Tatyana Antonova says she has brought her daughter’s case to the authority, but claims to have been understood.
– I don’t understand why they don’t believe him. That’s why the athletes are quiet. They tolerate and remain silent.