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olympics update

2/6/2022

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Two few days ago, I said I refused to watch the Chinese theater called the Olympics. Well, now I must eat my words – not the first time. I was just informed that Eileen Gu, a freestyle skier for the Chinese team, is a classmate of one of my former students, the young lady who plays volleyball at the University of Oregon. Also, Kamila Valieva, a figure skater, is Tatar and is from Kazan. My former student and her brother (I have tutored him) are Tatar. So, I will be watching Gu and Valieva. There is tremendous controversy over Gu skiing for China, not Team USA. You can google it. I got the scoop.

Here is the YouTube link to Valieva doing two quads (there are 13-14 Tatars in the Olympics). www.youtube.com/watch?v=hda3vvmqQHQ

Putin plans to eliminate the title of president for Tatarstan:
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-tatarstan-president-title-abolished/31608905.html

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Rudolph Nureyev was Tatar. He stated in his autobiography: “My mother was born in the beautiful ancient city of Kazan. We are Muslims. Father was born in a small village near Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkiria. Thus, on both sides our relatives are Tatars and Bashkirs. I cannot define exactly what it means to me to be a Tatar, and not a Russian, but I feel this difference in myself. Our Tatar blood flows somehow faster and is always ready to boil.” ​Tatars became subjects of Russia after the Siege of Kazan in 1552 and were loyal warriors. “
Many noble families in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire had Tatar origins.” Wikipedia.com

Gu and Valieva won gold.
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