The State Duma supported the decision to remove the name of Elena Isinbayeva from the name of the stadium in Dagestan
State Duma deputy Biysultan Khamzaev appreciated the decision of the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, to rename the stadium in Makhachkala, named after two-time Olympic champion in pole vaulting Elena Isinbayeva. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru.
Khamzaev supported the head of the republic. “I think that this is an absolutely correct and adequate reaction. And let Elena hear the reaction of her countrymen – she is a Dagestan. It is clear that she practically was not in Dagestan, only in attacks, ”the deputy said.
On July 18, Melikov said that the athlete had never connected her past and future with Dagestan. According to the head of the republic, Isinbayeva’s latest statements, “made from behind the cordon,” are the reason to rename the stadium.
On July 17, the Olympic champion announced that she was resuming work at the International Olympic Committee from September. She also added that she had never served in the Russian Armed Forces and was not a State Duma deputy or a member of any party. Before that, information appeared in the media that Isinbayeva had moved to Spain. According to journalists, the athlete lives in Tenerife.
Source: Lenta
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