“She got two words wrong, but she’s a heroine.” Elena Isinbayeva’s “betrayal” was not accepted in Russia – Athletics

Legendary Soviet biathlete, four-time Olympic champion Alexander Tikhonov I strongly disagree with the President of the Russian Ski Federation Elena Vyalbewhich named the two-time Olympic champion in pole vault Elena Isinbaeva a traitor to the homeland, Sports.kz reports with reference to Sport24.ru.

“We have to call Chubais a traitor, but Elena Isinbayeva was simply mistaken in her words, I talked to her. She is a world record holder and an Olympic champion, but she was taken and crap, and by those who did nothing for Russian sports and the economy. Isinbayeva in Luzhniki broke a record similar to Gagarin’s flight. She was wrong in a few words, but she is the heroine who set all the world records. Did the Ukrainians call Bubka something? And we are always looking for shit. Who called Isinbayeva…