Sports lawyer Emir Crown reported that Elvira Saadi, two-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics (1972, 1976) as part of the USSR national team, was disqualified for life in Canada »Championships”.
Saadi was banned from practicing artistic gymnastics in Canada for ten years. He will be able to return to coaches in ten years, but will not have contact with athletes. Saaidi’s disqualification as a judge, manager and coach will be lifelong.
Saaidi has lived in Canada since 1991. The disqualification decision was made by Gymnastics Canada.
The lifetime ban stems from Saaidi’s use of violence against Canadian national team athletes.
Saaidi was born in Tashkent in 1952. He is the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. After the 1976 Olympics, he worked as a coach at the Moscow Dynamo Youth Sports School.
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