"Kim Yu-na was undermined like that," and complained about the ISU figure regulation of Korea Tarasova, a bad actor. "Are we stupid?"

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Tatyana Tarasova (79), the godmother of Russian figure skating who devalued Kim Yu-na's performance at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, has strongly complained about the scoring method of the International Skating Union (ISU).

Russian media RIA Novosti reported on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) that "ISU plans to ban criticism of figure skating scoring."

If a player or coach publicly expresses an inappropriate opinion on the ISU's decision directly or through a third party, sanctions can be imposed through internal procedures of the ISU's disciplinary committee.

In response, Tarasova, who is familiar to Korean figure skating fans as the Russian figure godmother, raised a strong complaint. Tarasova said, "Banning athletes and coaches from judging? But literally anyone can be criticized. This is the case for all human beings, including leaders, governments, political parties, and outstanding artists. Isn't the referee a human being? Isn't refereeing a job? What kind of human beings are they? If they did something unjust, are you saying they shouldn't point it out?"

"Do I have no right to say anything about him after working in the figure skating world for 70 years and raising so many (Olympic) champions?" he said. "Do you mean they understand everything better than us? Do you mean we are fools, they are wise, cultured, full of talent and absolutely innocent?"

After the drug scandal at the national level in the past, Russia is participating in international major competitions as a neutral player (AIN), not a national name. In the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo competition, Russian women's single Adeliya Petrosyan and men's single Pyotr Gumenik participated in the competition without wearing the flag, but failed to reach the medal table.

It can also be seen that the poor performance of their players is leading to dissatisfaction with the decision. During the tournament, criticism of the referee's scoring poured out in Russia. Tarasova is also one of the people who raised questions about scoring.

It remains a bad memory for Korean figure skating fans. Tarasova, who coached Mao Asada (Japan) at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where Kim Yu-na set a world record and became the Olympic champion, downplayed Kim's performance, saying, "The gap was not that wide." In addition, while Kim Yu-na was waiting for her acting sequence, she frequently repeated the act of offending Kim Yu-na, raising eyebrows among Korean figure skating fans.

The bad relationship continued in Sochi in 2014. At the time, Kim Yu-na had to give a gold medal to Russia's Adelina Sotnikova, who had a relatively poor performance, even though she performed a perfect performance.

Although not all of the world's figure skating world was convinced, Tarasova, who was commentating on Russian broadcasting at the time, strongly expressed her position that Sotnikova's victory was natural. "Kim Yu-na's jump composition score was low, and Sotnikova performed a much more difficult technique," he said, drawing public anger from Korean figure skating fans.

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