"Kim Yeonah, fluorescent moth." Did you forget? "The Olympic gold medalists are cowards" in Russia

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The Russian figure skating world, which caused worldwide outrage by robbing Kim Yu-na of her gold medal during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, has made unfounded accusations this time by targeting the movements of foreign athletes. In fact, they have a history of avoiding the World Championship, which was a stage for verifying their skills right after controversy over biased judgment in the past.

According to a report by Russian media 'Sport 24' on the 11th (Korea time), major gold medalists at the 2026 Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics will not attend the Prague World Championships.

Regarding the actions of the Milan Winter Olympics medalists, the media raised suspicions, saying, "Isn't Mikhail Shaidorov (Kazakhstan), the men's single gold medalist, afraid that his ability will be revealed if he does not attend the World Championship as well as the scheduled ice show after receiving three apartments and 250,000 dollars (about 370 million won)?"

He also responded that he could not understand the situation in which Alyssa Liu (USA) and Miura Riku-Kihara Ryuichi (Japan) were absent due to rest.

However, such criticism from Russia contrasts with the past actions of its champions. Adelina Sotnikova, who beat Kim Yu-na to win the controversial gold medal at the Sochi Olympics, suddenly missed the 2014 World Championships held right after the Olympics.

According to reports at the time, Sotnikova officially announced her participation in an ice show in St. Petersburg, Russia, instead of the World Championship through her personal social network service (SNS). In the face of fierce controversy over the decision, he avoided the opportunity to verify by choosing events in his country instead of international competence verification stages.

Recently, the Russian figure skating world has continued to criticize foreign athletes even though their athletes are in a chaotic situation due to doping scandals and bans from international competitions. Russian pair player Dmitry Kozhrovsky expressed dissatisfaction with the scoring system without a specific basis, saying, "It was a strange and strange competition" through "Sport24" over Miura-Kihara Group's new world record reversal victory. Miura-Kihara Joe overcame the slump of fifth place in the short program and scored 158.13 points in the free skate, resulting in a come-from-behind victory with a total of 231.24 points.

It is analyzed that Russia's recent sniping of the world figure skating world is a ban on athletes from the Russian Federation to participate in international competitions. Currently, the International Skating Union (ISU) completely bans Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating, and no Russian team has been approved to participate in the pair event.

In the meantime, the Russian figure skating world is still buzzing. According to "Sovetsky Sport," Russia has been under doping investigations in a number of 88 athletes last year, and controversy over cheating continues, with six athletes, including Sofia Akateva, recently subject to additional tests.

Sotnikova's move is also controversial. "Newsweek" said, "Sotnikova, who recently served as a Russian media commentator, said, 'You don't have to be sorry' when Amber Glenn made a jump mistake. It's because it works in our favor,' he said.

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