“If you don’t like it, you may not watch it”: how the world of figure skating reacted to criticism from blogger Maddison

Figure skating in Russia has become one of the most popular sports in recent years.

However, not everyone likes it today.

So, the well-known blogger Ilya Maddison Davydov, during a stream for subscribers, spoke negatively about the form in which the girls go on the ice during their performances.

“We have a whole cult of figure skating in our country, where the women really look like they are in miniskirts above their underpants and in thongs.

Isn't it true?

Some Zagitova, who is 15 years old, is jumping, and thousands of housewives are discussing it as if it were a sport.

And some drunken men are sitting: “Yes, triple lutz.”

It's disgusting.

This is such hypocrisy,” the blogger said.

Davydov's statement did not go unnoticed and caused a resonance in the world of figure skating.

Honored coach of Russia Tatyana Tarasova noted that in this way Maddison just wanted to attract attention.

“You never know who carries what nonsense.

It is better not to react to such statements at all.

He is specifically for the reactions of people and says it all.

Another moron who wants to attract attention to himself, that's all, ”she said in an interview with Sport-Express.

In a similar vein, the Olympic medalist, well-known choreographer Ilya Averbukh, who works as a program director, including on the popular TV show Ice Age, argued in a similar vein.

“Another stupidity from an incomprehensible person who calls himself a blogger.

God, it's time to understand that every time we comment on the stupid statements of narrow-minded people, we only make them feel better.

You just have to ignore their words.

This is the only way to fight stupidity, ”Sport24 quotes Averbukh.

Two-time Olympic medalist, figure skating coach Alexander Zhulin spoke even more harshly.

He urged not to pay attention to the words of Davydov.

“Yes, to hell with him, God forgive me.

Who is he anyway?

I don't even know this.

Some kind of another noname, ”said the specialist.

More detailed about the words of Ilya spoke commentator "Match TV" Dmitry Guberniev.

He noted that figure skating is the kind of sport that unites millions of people. 

“The only thing I want to say as a person devoted to housewives and beautiful TV viewers is that viewers like this Madison Square Garden do not understand that when a woman housewife is on the TV, it means that children, parents, husbands sit next to henpecked and all that, because a woman is the main person in any family. Therefore, I am always proud that a large number of housewives watch my reports, and I love figure skating, like any other sport. And bloggers are bloggers to somehow pay attention to them. Did he decide to hype on this? Maybe yes. You told me about him, I don’t know who this wonderful person is, so let’s call him “Madison Square Garden”, although this is, in fact, a palace and a monument, and here some just a kid is telling something, ”said Guberniev.

Davydov himself did not expect such a resonance.

As the blogger admitted, he repeatedly spoke negatively about biathlon, but no one had ever criticized him so violently.

“If you like how girls in thongs jump, then please, this is your right.

Just do not say that I am spoiled and see what is not there.

You have to be blind not to see it.

There is pylon sports, and there, for sure, there are also competitions for 15-16-year-olds.

And if I consider that this is “game”, then am I spoiled?

I do not propose to perform in pantaloons, just ban and cancel.

And all the money should be spent on the development of football, since it is more interesting to watch it.

And Nikita Mazepin to buy a Mercedes so that he finally becomes the world champion in Formula 1, ”Ilya said during his next stream.

According to Davydov, such a reaction may be due to the fact that sane people can look at figure skating differently and introduce, for example, some form for women.

“I don’t follow this sport, I don’t get turned on by 14-year-old girls in thongs.

I'm okay mentally.

I remember the times when adult women jumped - Slutskaya, Butyrskaya.

I was still a schoolboy.

It could be watched.

But it’s not interesting for children, ”added Maddison.

Olympic medalist Irina Slutskaya, whom Davydov mentioned as an example, did not share the opinion of the blogger.

According to her, he simply did not find anything else to cling to.

“Let's now pay attention to underpants, open breasts, etc. Let's put the girls in black suits, cover their faces. Let's just leave the eyes. I have no desire to comment on all these strange statements. I want to look at figure skating through the prism of its grace and grace. And your blogger needs to be introduced to Alexander Vasiliev, who would explain to him what style and beauty are. I look at the performances of girls as a sport of the highest achievements, where everything should be combined: the technique of an athlete, the richness of the program, music, image, costume. And not through the prism of breasts and age. If he doesn’t like it so much, he may not look or imagine that they are older, ”Slutskaya said in an interview with RT.

In addition, the two-time world champion considered it incorrect to compare her performances with those shown today, since figure skating has gone far ahead.

“How can you compare 2002, when we performed, and 2022?

We do not compare the first iPhones with today's versions or push-button phones with modern ones.

Then we made our costumes from what we could find, glued rhinestones ourselves.

Today, they are created in a completely different way, ”added Slutskaya.