Russian coach Alexander Zhulin reacted to criticism from the Olympic figure skating champion from Canada Megan Duhamel. It is reported by Sport24.
“I already regretted that I had said all this, because there are a lot of idiots in our world. They wrote such things about me that you couldn’t think of anything better. And I’m not going to apologize for my words, ”Zhulin said. He also noted that he did not want to answer Duhamel.
Earlier on Wednesday, January 12, the Canadian demanded the International Skating Union (ISU) to punish Zhulin. She was outraged by the words of a specialist who called the American skater Timothy Ledyuk a freak. He will become the first non-binary athlete at the Beijing Olympics.
On January 10, the US national figure skating team announced the squad for the 2022 Olympics. The list includes Leduc, who identifies himself as a gender that falls out of the binary system. He announced his non-binary gender identity last year. Leduc is paired with Ashley Kane-Gribble. In January of this year, the couple won the US Championship.
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