The parents of children going in for figure skating in Yerevan fear staying out of sport for a year while the city authorities are renovating their indoor ice rink will do no good to them.

Figure Skating School Director Meline Avagyan says that two decades have passed since the facility was repaired last and the school’s management has repeatedly raised this issue. She advises the parents (of some 200 kids attending the school) to take the matter in its stride, since Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan “has promised to provide appropriate premises within a year.”