Russian National Team Head Coach Valentina Rodionenko said that the dismissal of Irina Viner, head of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (VFCG) and head coach of the national team, is not a surprise for Russia. she it.
It was announced on March 6 that the disciplinary committee of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation, affiliated with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), decided to suspend Wiener from his duty for two years. The sanctions will come into effect the day after the suspension imposed on them due to the situation in Ukraine is lifted from Russian athletes.
“Of course, the dismissal of Irina Viner is legal. It’s not a one-person decision. It wasn’t made all of a sudden. Sometimes it had to happen. In sports, there’s a law that you can lose. When a person doesn’t want to lose, he looks for reasons. It doesn’t honor us, ”says Rodionenko. DEA News.
The reason for this decision was Wiener’s public statements after the Russian gymnasts failed to win a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo and Russian Natalya Kuzmina, who was accepted as the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of Russian Natalya Kuzmina, was excluded from the elections. offensive and violating the FIG code of ethics.
Svetlana Khorkina, two-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics prisoner FIGURE for the decision to disqualify Irina Viner.