Conflict situation around Russia, inflamed because of dubious decisions of the IOC and WADA, managed to pay off, but now we put the stick in the wheel of the judges. This was told by a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating Maxim Trankov. On Wednesday, February 14, in the arena in South Korea, a short program of sports couples in figure skating. As a result, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov took second place, but there is still an arbitrary program ahead. Russians fell behind the Chinese pair by only 0.71 points. For athletes at a distance of 4.86 points are athletes from Canada. According to Trankov, this pair did not deserve such ovations and high ratings. "As for the Canadian couple, this is the traditional loyal attitude to it from judges. This did not surprise me, "- quotes his" Sport-Express ".

The skater is disappointed that for obvious mistakes of Canadians judges did not take scores, but, on the contrary, added. At the same time, Maxim stressed that this is far from news and such indulgences have always been. Despite the courting, our athletes showed their skills and they have a great chance to climb the pedestal. "I think this is a success. Tarasova and Morozov generally got a chic performance - with confident skating and the right elements, "he added.. On Thursday, February 15, will be an arbitrary program.