The famous coach of Russian synchronized swimmers Tatyana Danchenko, who became the hero of «Talk on Fridays», expressed an opinion about the awarding of the seven-time Olympic champion Svetlana Romashina with the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
— Maybe you know why the synchronized swimmers Shishkina and Patskevich received the Order of Alexander Nevsky, and Kolesnichenko, also a three-time Olympic champion, only the Order of Honor?
— I do not know what criteria are guided by people responsible for nominations for state awards. Of course, webpage Kolesnichenko deserves the same order as Shishkina and Patskevich. Sveta is not just three times — she won two gold medals in Tokyo! Another solution seems unfair to me.
— Which?
— The fact that Romashin was equated with three-time Olympic champions — and also awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. As an exception, the footballers were given honored masters for reaching the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup. And for some reason they did not want to single out Romashina, who became a seven-time Olympic champion.