Zhulin was banned from going to Beijing to qualify for the 2026 Olympics with the figure skaters.

Alexander Zhulin, the coach of Russian figure skaters, will not be able to attend the qualifying tournament for the 2026 Olympic Games, which is being held in Beijing. He announced this on April 27 during the talk show "Fetisov" on the TV channel "Zvezda".

"I hope that the guys will fly to Beijing with my second coach. Maybe he's fine. In general, a lot of coaches were hacked down. They have some kind of commission there, there are only five of them, these commissions, and they decide who is allowed and who is not allowed," TASS quoted Zhulin as saying.

According to him, despite the non-admission, he will be able to work with athletes during the training camp in Krasnoyarsk. Zhulin noted that a possible reason for the travel ban could be his negative statements about the former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach.Газета.Ru ".

"I have sinned here. I don't regret anything, he's a bastard, I'm very glad that he was changed," said the coach.

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