Russian Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova has cleared up the mystery surrounding why a video was removed from her TikTok account after her seductive moves split opinion among some of her fans.
A bikini-clad Zagitova posted the clip to her 183,000 followers on the popular platform this week, showing herself swaying her hips to the rap song remix ‘Rich Boy x World Is Spinning’ while soaking up the sun in Dubai.
Raising her hands from her thighs to above her waist, the 2018 Olympic queen finishes by smiling slightly into the camera and stroking a black beach shawl which is draped across her shoulders.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ru" dir="ltr">Алина + Дубай = 😍🔥😍🔥😍🔥😍<br><br>📹 тикток Загитовой <a href="https://t.co/tXCXEThGdC">pic.twitter.com/tXCXEThGdC</a></p>— Матч ТВ (@MatchTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatchTV/status/1466447388059578368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
The clip from the 19-year-old delighted some of her fans, who complimented Zagitova on her figure and claimed she was “ready to melt the ice.”
Others, though, took aim at the star, suggesting that she was becoming an “Instagram model” and possibly even offending Muslims back in the Tatarstan homeland of her father.
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The clip disappeared amid the row, prompting speculation as to why it had been deleted.
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