“They certainly were and will be the leading athletes for me.

But their status is determined by the FFKKR.

The decision is theirs, "- quotes Matytsin" Sport-Express ".

Recall that Zagitova is the 2018 Olympic champion in women's single skating, Medvedeva is the silver medalist of the 2018 Olympics.

Earlier it was reported that Medvedev and Zagitova will miss the Beijing Olympics.