Valentina Rodionenko, head coach of the Russian national gymnastics team, spoke about the behavior of Ukrainians at the World Cup in Doha.
“We came and just got a message from FIG at the embassy to Moscow that I could be disqualified. I called the Federation and they took it, they said they would connect it to the PRC. Don’t even bother with it right away, it doesn’t make any sense, because in Doha everything was done for the Ukrainian delegation. Everything is absolute. It seems that the Ukrainians dictated the terms of these competitions, ”said Rodionenko “Pair TV”.
Russian Ivan Kulyak won the bronze medal in the exercises he performed on the parallel bars at the stage of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup held in Doha from March 2-5. Ilya Kovtun from Ukraine took the first place.
Recall that the Russian gymnast went to the awarding of the winners of the tournament with a Z symbol drawn on her chest. Later, he explained that this was his message “for peace” and that he did not want to provoke anyone, but was responding to the behavior of Ukrainian athletes who chanted political slogans. They appeared at the award ceremony wrapped in the flags of their countries.
Formerly Valentina Rodionenko expressed concernHe said that Kulyak could be disqualified for life.