The Figure Skating Federation of Ukraine found it outrageous that the Russian skater was nominated for the ISU Skating Awards
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The Figure Skating Federation of Ukraine (UFFK) has requested that Russian Anna Shcherbakova be excluded from the shortlist for the Most Valuable Skater of the Year award, presented by the International Skating Union (ISU). National federation leaders sent the corresponding letters to ISU President Chae Yol Kim and ISU Athlete Commission head Eric Radford, the UFC press service reported.
“UFFK is outraged by the nomination of Russian figure skater Anna Shcherbakova for the ISU Skating Awards and calls on the union leadership to respond to this fact and exclude her from the list of candidates,” the report said.
Shcherbakov it’s a the only representative of Russia in the list of contenders for the ISU award. Other nominees included Kaori Sakamoto Yuma Kagiyama, Shoma Uno (All Japan), Nathan Chen (USA), Japanese couple Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara, Chinese couple Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, and French dance duo Gabriela Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron who performed ice dancing.
Shcherbakova, Chen, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong and Papadakis/Cizeron are Olympic champions.
Shcherbakova is also world champion (2021), two-time European Championship silver medalist (2020, 2022) in women’s single skating, winner of the world team championship (2021).
In March, the ISU suspended all Russian athletes from international tournaments.
