MOSCOW, July 11, Sergey Smyshlyaev. The behavior of Ukrainian gymnasts at the World Cup in Doha, as a result of which the Russian Ivan Kulyak was disqualified, was little tolerable and provocative, said Vasily Titov, president of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation (FSGR), in an interview. Z, which has become 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. in this situation. They put forward demands that were not prescribed by anything. Unnecessary demands that our athletes compete without national symbols at all, although they had the right to do so, «Titov said. to find the right solution at the initial stage, but the atmosphere that reigned there, including the behavior, unfortunately, of Ukrainian athletes, it was… To put it mildly, defiant and provocative. side of the Ukrainians, acted as he did,» summed up the President of the FSGR.
