KAZAN, August 16, Vadim Kuznetsov. Gymnastic Ethics Foundation (GEF) Appeal Tribunal ) will decide on the claim of the disqualified Russian gymnast Ivan Kulyak until mid-September, said the president of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation (FSGR) Vasily Titov. support for the special operation in Ukraine. The athlete himself later explained that this was a response to provocations by Ukrainian gymnasts. GEF opened a disciplinary case against Kulyak. In May, the disciplinary committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) disqualified the athlete for one year. «Hearings were held yesterday. The decision will be announced in a month. Ivan and I had the opportunity to state our position. Explain why we do not agree with the decision that was made. We were listened to attentively, asked many questions about Kulyak's reasons. There was a detailed conversation, but there is nothing to comment on at this stage,» Titov said. Earlier, a statement was published on the FSGR website that Kulyak would not take part in international and domestic competitions as at least until the decision of the Appeal Committee of the independent GEF.
