MOSCOW, August 23, Vasily Bogdanov. President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation Irina Viner announced that Russian athletes would not participate in the Gracia Cup tournament in Hungary. Earlier, the organizers did not allow Belarusian gymnast Alina Gornosko, the bronze medalist of the Olympics in all-around, to participate in the tournament. «We received an invitation to the tournament in Hungary from a judge who judges for Russia, but lives there «She said that the federation has nothing to do with it, so there will be no problems with participation. We thought about the offer, but still decided to refuse, because it takes a very long time to get there, about 16 hours,» Viner said. The competitions in Hungary will be held on 27 -August 28.
