“Russia has become famous again, but not everyone likes it.” How Russian presidents met with Olympians – Sport – Saint-Petersburg News
The meeting of the winners of the presidents and prize-winners of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games of Russia with Vladimir Putin took place in the Kremlin on April 26. In total, athletes came into captivity.
Among them are skiers Alexei Chervotkin, Denis Spitsov, Veronika Stepanova and figure skaters Mark Kondratyuk, Kamila Valieva, Alexandra Trusova, Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov, Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov.
Kamila Valieva, who at the Olympics, after winning the team competition, rose for a positive doping test with a personal tournament, received the Order of Friendship. According to Putin, who quote “RIA News”Valieva brought figure skating to the height of art.
“She absorbed all the complex elements of figure skating, its plasticity, beauty, power and tenderness into her talent. It was their work that brought sports to the height of real art, such perfection is impossible to achieve dishonestly with the help of some additional means, manipulations, ”Putin said.
According to the skier Stepanova, before her eyes, Russia began to meet again.
“I am the same age as the century, I was born in January 2001. Before my very eyes, Russia has again become famous, proud, and successful. Not everyone in the world likes it, that’s obvious. But we are on the right track and we will definitely win, just like we win at the Olympics. I am very proud that today I received such a high award from the President of the country. Thank you very much for raising the banner of the country high. We won’t let him down, I promise. Thank you,” Stepanova said.
However, not all presidential Olympic champions manage to get to a meeting with the president. Skiers Alexander Bolshunov, Yulia Stupak, Natalya Nepryaeva, Tatyana Sorina, Sergey Ustyugov and figure skater Anna Shcherbakova missed the event in the Kremlin. For example, Bolshunov suddenly had a toothache, and Shcherbakova was busy in a commercial show.