"Put themselves above": Podkopayeva told how it was humiliated by the Russians

The Ukrainian gymnast went to workout for some time in Moscow. Sport colleagues were not ashamed to "clamp" the girl by the fact that she came from Ukraine, and tried to touch in every possible way. The Olympic champion Lilia Podkopayeva told how the Russians were disrespectful to Ukrainians during the "late USSR". The athlete mentioned this in conversation with the journalists of "Observer".

Podkopayeva told that she was amazed by the Russian colleagues when she went to sports competitions to Moscow. Both Muscovites and residents of other cities of modern Russia considered themselves higher than Ukrainians and did not lose their ability to express their disdain in one way or another. "I remember, when there was a USSR, we came from our department for training in Moscow and trained on the basis of Dynamo. They (Russians, - ed.

) Always put themselves above, considered better, more advanced, smarter, it was felt. And also the coaches. With you to workout "Tormos" (so called the snack in Donetsk region). -the old son of the Olympic champion with excellent results graduated from school and now engages in university. why it disappeared from social networks. The athlete believes that using social networks to demonstrate personal life during the war is unethical.