HC Spartak Moscow risk fan backlash after announcing ankle injury with controversial image

HC Spartak Moscow risk fan backlash after announcing ankle injury to ‘leader’ Yulia Ushakova with almost naked image

• A Russian Hockey side face a backlash after posting a naked image of a player
• Yulia Ushakova was seen lying on a treatment table in just her underwear
• Barca Women, an unofficial English account, tweeted a terse response 

By Patrick Boyland For Mailonline

Published: 13:50 BST, 28 September 2018 | Updated: 13:53 BST, 28 September 2018

A Russian hockey team risks accusations of sexism after posting a naked image of a player as part of an injury announcement.

HC Spartak Hockey were slammed online for using the controversial image to break news of ‘leader’ Yulia Ushakova’s ankle sprain.

The picture, which showed Ushakova lying on a treatment table wearing just a thong, provoked anger on Twitter from a number of accounts. 

A Russian Hockey side face a backlash after posting a naked image of an injured player

Barca Women, an unofficial account, quote tweeted the original post with the terse caption: ‘This is how Spartak Moscow announced an ankle injury to attacker, Julia Ushakova.

One reply read: ‘This is so wrong (considering the current challenges), and I mainly blame her.’

Ushakova, who is considered to be one of HC Spartak’s star players, had earlier posted the same image on her own Instagram page. 

She wrote: ‘Ankle sprained. I found a small fold under the boot. I broke two nails. And all in one day.

I will solve the ‘women’s problems’ in terms of the degree of significance, first I’ll remove the wrinkles, then to the manicure. And the ankle itself will pass. 

‘Let’s see how cosmetics works @celltense_russia. To all, a cool and positive start of the week!’

Julia Ushakova (pictured) was seen lying on a treatment table in just her underwear

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