Russian gymnasts Dina and Arina Averina participated in the Exchange of Experience program. Nikita Nagorny’s YouTube channel. Athletes expressed their views on the end of their careers.
“Before this whole situation, they wanted to leave after the Olympics in Paris. Arisha convinced me, “Dean, let’s stay, three years is nothing.” And now everything is blocked for us, and I think – what is all this for? When will everything be back so that we can perform normally? I’ve wanted to leave for a long time, but they won’t let me go,” said Dina Averina.
After that, Nagorny asked whether the athletes would end their professional careers if the Russians were not allowed to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games. To this Arina Averina gave a positive answer.
At the 2020 Olympic Games, which took place in the summer of 2021 due to coronavirus infection, Dina Averina won the silver medal, while the representative of Israel Lina Ashram won the gold. After the end of the competition, the Russian side disclosed the refereeing fraud.
Recall that on March 4, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided to ban Russians and Belarusians from participating in competitions under its auspices from March 7 due to the situation in Ukraine.
Previously The Averins announce their departure from Russia.