Raimo Reinsalu remains suspended pending ISU Disciplinary Commission proceedings and will not coach Lithuanian Meda Variakijte at the Olympics.
Raimo Reinsalu, coach of Lithuanian Meda Variakijte and Latvian Fedir Kulish, has had his Lithuanian Olympic accreditation suspended pending an investgation for alleged abuse.
Latvian police have opened an investigation into coaches Raimo Reinsalu and Olga Kovalkova for allegations of emotional, and in Reinsalu’s case, physical abuse of minors.
Deniss Vasiljevs withdrew from the Nebelhorn Trophy because of the impact ongoing issues with the Latvian federation have had on his training.
In the week since
AnythingGOE published the allegations from Sofja Stepcenko against the Latvian coaches Olga Kovalkova and Raimo Reinsalu, additional skaters have stepped forward with their own allegations of abuse against the same coaches.
Latvian figure skaters have brought forward allegations against the leaders of the Kristal Ice figure skating club in Riga.
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