KAZAN, March 6, Vadim Kuznetsov. Head coach of the Russian national gymnastics team Valentina Rodionenko said that the representatives of the Ukrainian team behaved inappropriately at the World Cup in Doha. The competition took place on March 2-5. The International Gymnastics Federation on Saturday announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes were suspended from competitions under the auspices of the organization in connection with the events in Ukraine. «The competitions were just awful. In practice, they went under the dictation of the Ukrainian delegation,» Rodionenko said. «After qualifying, our girls were the first everywhere, but they began to tell us that you would be removed from the competition, you would not be in the finals. We waited for them to refuse us, and did not believe until the last that we could perform. Our athletes were constantly provoked by Ukrainian coaches. They stopped them, insulted our country, they said nasty things. The guys answered that at the competitions you need to think about sports, and not about politics, but they could not be stopped.» «The Ukrainian delegation constantly dictated to the judiciary what to do,» she added. our, and Belarusian, and Ukrainian judges, but it is interesting that the Ukrainian judge judged the girls on all four shells. bridge with their flags, which is prohibited by the rules. When I told the organizers about this, they answered me: «They were reprimanded, but what can we do?» They were just messing around.»
