Nagorny said he was not afraid of provocations at international competitions

KALUGA, July 9, Sergey Smyshlyaev. Olympic champion Russian gymnast Nikita Nagorny in In an interview, he said that he was not afraid of possible provocations if Russians were admitted to international competitions. Russian gymnast Ivan Kulyak in early March, at the World Cup stage in Doha, went to the award ceremony with the letter Z printed on his uniform, which became an unofficial symbol of support for the special operation in Ukraine. The athlete himself later explained that this was a response to provocations by Ukrainian gymnasts. After that, a disciplinary case was opened against Kulyak, as a result of which the disciplinary committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) disqualified the athlete for one year. When they shouted at us that we were somehow not so Russian. They threw money at us, «buy food, you don't have money!» Right from the podium. The question here is the adequacy of people. Of course, now sport has depreciated a little. Today I recalled the Olympic motto, where we added the word “together”, and as a result, we get such a situation,” Nagorny said. “Everything has its time, we will see how the situation develops. I can say for myself and for the guys from the team that everyone is holding on very staunchly, training and are getting ready,» the Olympic champion said.