“I think that in the show, in principle, you need to take lighting very seriously.
It seemed to me that there were excessively bright spotlights, but the athlete himself should take this very seriously.
Because the organizers of the show always put out the light and ask the athlete about his wishes, ”TASS quoted Goncharenko as saying.
She noted that floodlights can disrupt coordination, and athletes can go on the ice not very warmed up anyway.
At the same time, in her opinion, no one forces skaters to perform complex elements, and they should think about their health.
“It’s good when an athlete is confident in himself, he tries to please the viewer in difficult conditions, but an active athlete should think about his safety,” Goncharenko added.
Semenenko fell on the show of two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko after an unsuccessful attempt at a quadruple jump and hit his head on the ice.
The 18-year-old figure skater tried several times to get up off the ice and continue his performance, but he failed, after which he was taken away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital.
As a result, the athlete was diagnosed with a concussion.
Earlier, the silver medalist of the 2002 Olympic Games in ice dancing, Ilya Averbukh, commented on the fall of Semenenko.