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A figure skater from Edinburgh has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help a group of Ukrainian skaters attend a major championships in Germany.
LONDON -- Russian Olympic athletes who participated in a rally supporting President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine are facing a backlash, with one losing a sponsorship deal and facing a disciplinary investigation.
Changing their entire program in just the last week, they set part of it to the music of "1944", from Jamala, which commemorates the victory of Ukrainian troops from the former USSR.
The pair was not able to train before the World Cup because of Russia's war against Ukraine. Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin managed to escape the Russian shelling in Kharkiv to glorify Ukraine on the sports front. The Ukrainian figure skaters competed in the free skate, reports News TV Channel 24. Read more and see images here.
Russian Olympic athletes who participated in a rally supporting Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine are facing a backlash