“I think now it will be insanely difficult for athletes. I believe that so many will finish with figure skating, they will not be able to recover. Coordination is lost very quickly, jumping is forgotten. Need to learn them again. Not everyone will succeed, unfortunately. If some restrictions are extended, then for many it will be a tragedy, ”quoted Gazeta.ru as Kovtuna.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, sporting events around the world have been suspended or canceled.

Earlier, Tuktamysheva said that when the skaters come out on the ice, they will have difficulties with the vestibular apparatus.