SOCHI, August 10, Andrey Senchenko. President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation Irina Viner -Usmanova said that Dina and Arina Averina would be right if they ended their careers if they were not admitted to the 2024 Olympic Games. Earlier, Arina Averina stated in the YouTube show «Sports Exchange» that she and her sister would end their sports career if the Russian team did not will be allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics. «There was no announcement of retirement. They only emphasized that if they were not at the Olympics, they would probably finish. And they would be right. Would I be sad if they finished? I'm sad because there will be no Olympics with the participation of Russia. This is first of all. Well, about the end of the career of Dina and Arina, I am always sad when gymnasts end their careers. It was sad when (Alina) Kabaeva finished, (Margarita) Mamun, (Yana) Kudryavtseva But it should be so time is going on. You need to marry hockey players, give birth to babies — either hockey players or «artists,» Viner-Usmanova said. At the end of February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. A number of international federations excluded Russians and Belarusians from competitions under their auspices, and also canceled competitions in Russia. Other federations allowed athletes from the two countries to compete in neutral status.
