Tatyana Navka stood up for two-time Olympic winner Elena Isinbayeva
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Olympic champion in ice dancing Tatiana Navka stood up for Elena Isinbayeva, a two-time winner of the Games in the pole vault, who was criticized after the athlete’s statements about the rating of her military rank, writes Sport24.
Navka was surprised by the public’s negative reaction and urged “not to forget that in honor of this great athlete, the Russian anthem was played many, many times at major international competitions.” She noted that everyone was always proud and admired Isinbayeva.
Navka also noted the importance of Isinbayeva’s work at the IOC. She noted the “very limited opportunities to work in international sports organizations” at the present time and stated that it is necessary to “use these opportunities to the maximum”.
On July 12, El Digital Sur reported that Yelena Isinbayeva lives in Tenerife. Later, on her page on the social network, the athlete wrote that her awards and military rank from CSKA were nominal.
Isinbayeva’s statements caused a public outcry. The head of the Ministry of Sports, Oleg Matytsin, criticized it, and the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, said that the stadium named after Isinbayeva in Makhachkala would be renamed.
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