If you had seen, two weeks ago, these wonderful young athletes, more than 40, skating in a gala in Bucharest, all talented and enthusiastic, you would have been really confident of the Romanian figure skating’ future; such a gold mine in the sports clubs of Bucharest. Actually, you’re right to be confident; and, at the same time, you’re not. These 40 skaters – and a hundred more – are indeed beautiful and talented. But their future – and the future of the Romanian figure skating – is definitely uncertain, given the fact that during the past twelve months these young athletes have been forced to train in a skating rink from a mall. You may ask what does this story have to do with the Olympics – we are, after all, in the middle of the figure skating competition in Sochi. Actually, it has everything to do with it: these children may very well be the Romanian champions of tomorrow. But in the absence of an ice rink in Bucharest – the capital of Romania, a European capital – their competitive career is surely compromised. And if we, as a nation, have only one figure skater representing us in Sochi – Zoltan Kelemen, in the men’s event – in four years time, in eight years time, there might be none. The question is: can we do something about that?
Posted on: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:49:08 +0000
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