The Russians got emotional.
The Finlandia Trophy competition was organized in the Helsinki Ice Hall. Timo Korhonen / a.o.p
The events of figure skating’s Finlandia Trophy are causing a stir in Russia.
The competition, which is part of the international Grand Prix tour, was also watched in the eastern neighbor, as there were several Russian skaters who changed their citizenship.
Today, the ice dance couple representing Georgia made the biggest headlines Diana Davis–Gleb Smolkinwhich Sport24 website according to “we were humiliated in Helsinki”.
The couple of Russian background made a couple of mistakes in their program and fell to sixth place in the final results.
The jury dealt with mistakes mercilessly.
– To put it mildly, judges often do not grasp such imperfections so precisely, it was written on the Sport24 website.
Supplier Aljona Volkova wondered about the “brutal” and “absurd” review for other couples as well. In the rhythm dance, no couple even reached 80 points.
– When was the last time the Olympic champion Guillaume Cizeron received such points in the step series? It’s hard to remember, the reporter snapped.
– Is the ISU (International Skating Union) involved in what happened at the Finnish Games? Skaters don’t understand why this attitude towards them comes from. The events in Helsinki were yet another blow to ISU’s shaky image, Volkova continued.
Smolkin, who received drastic point deductions, opened up to the judges on the Sports website.
– We don’t understand what happened to the scoring. We are of course very disappointed. All couples were judged really brutally today. I hope that the coaches will get clarity on the matter, because so far no one understands anything, Smolkin said.