Tarasova called on to wait for the list of skaters who were in the fallen plane
Tatyana Tarasova, Honored Coach of Figure Skating, denied the death of skaters Annabelle Morozov and Anthony Ponomarenko in a plane crash in the United States. So in an interview with Lenta.ru, she responded to reports that Russian athletes were on board the aircraft crashed in Washington.
“We do not know exactly who was there. I know that Ponomarenko is at home. He was not on this plane. Although his surname is. Annabel Morozov is also at home. I didn’t call anyone else. I just can’t even talk. Because I knew everyone very well, ”Tarasova said.
The honored coach of the USSR added that with the Soviet skater Inna Volyanskaya, who, according to the latest data, was on the plane, she was familiar from childhood.
On board the passenger aircraft American Airlines, which collided with a military helicopter in the United States, could be representatives of the Russian figure skating school. Currently, diplomats of the Russian Federation are checking this information. It is assumed that athletes returned from Wichito, where the US Figure Skating Championship was held.
American skater John Maraville said that at least 14 skaters were on board the aircraft that had fallen in the United States, not counting the coaches.
Source: Lenta
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