Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva, in an interview with the YouTube channel “More Sport”, commented on the information that American figure skater Timothy Leduc will become the first non-binary athlete at the Beijing Olympics.
The athlete said that she was calm about the choice of gender identity, emphasizing that she prefers to choose people according to the manner of communication. “We are people. We don’t have to love each other, but we do have to respect other people’s choices. I have this opinion: if you condemn the choice of another person, then somewhere you do not respect your choice, ”she considered.
On January 10, the American figure skating team announced the roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The list included Leduc, who identifies himself as a gender that falls out of the binary system. After that, some Russian athletes criticized the skater.
Leduc is paired with Ashley Kane-Gribble. In January of this year, the couple became US champions and qualified for the 2022 Games in China.
Source: Lenta
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