MOSCOW, February 4 President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation and head coach of the national team Irina Viner-Usmanova called unfounded the statement of Ukrainian gymnast Anna Rizatdonova, who said that the judges forgive the mistakes of Russian athletes. Earlier, Rizatdinova said that Russian women have been getting away with mistakes since the performance of Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
"This is her purely personal opinion. Ukraine has always lost to Russia and said that we are in first place in an unfair fight. Nothing new. Now everyone just adopted the policy of Ukraine towards our country. This is the only reason why such unfounded statements are heard. We, Russians, always try to be with everyone in the world, and from Deriugina (President of the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation) and her company, such words have been heard all my life", Sport24 quotes Viner-Usmanova.