Husband skater Trusova received neutral status
Silver medalist of the championship of Russia season 2020/21 Makar Ignatov will now be able to perform at international tournaments
Russian skater Makar Ignatov received neutral status for performance in international tournaments from the International Skating Union (ISU). This is reported on the ISU website.
Ignatov is the silver medalist of the championship of Russia of the season 2020/21. The 26-year-old skater also won the Russian Cup final twice, was a bronze medalist of the ISU Grand Prix stage in Moscow.
In 2024, Ignatov married Alexandra Trusova, a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics. Trusov received neutral status even earlier and managed to take second place at the Kinoshita Group Cup Challenger in Tokyo, her first international tournament in four years.
Together with Ignatov, 12 more Russian skaters received neutral status, including singles Agata Petrova, Sofia Sarnovskaya and Sofia Smagina, TASS notes.
ISU allowed Russian athletes to enter tournaments under the auspices of the organization in neutral status from the season 2026/27. More than 75 skaters have already received it. At the same time, Kamila Valieva and Mark Kondratyuk were initially given neutral status, but then withdrew. The Russians were suspended from international competitions after the start of the military operation in Ukraine.
