MOSCOW, September 13, Andrey Simonenko. Head coach of the Russian national gymnastics team Valentina Rodionenko expressed concern about the forthcoming decision of the Gymnastic Ethics Foundation (GEF) Appeal Tribunal in the case of Russian athlete Ivan Kulyak. Ukraine. The athlete himself later explained that this was a response to provocations by Ukrainian gymnasts. In May, the disciplinary committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) disqualified the athlete for one year. Rodionenko told reporters.