«It's hard without tournaments»: gymnast Kulyak — about disqualification

KALUGA, July 8, Sergey Smyshlyaev. Disqualified gymnast Ivan Kulyak, who In March, he went to the award ceremony with the letter Z printed on the form, said that it was morally difficult for him without competitive practice and that he would face psychological problems at the first start after the suspension. , which has become an unofficial symbol of support for the special operation in Ukraine. In May, the disciplinary committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) disqualified the athlete for one year. Initially, the gymnast was supposed to take part in the Russian Cup in Kaluga. His absence from the competitions caused a wide negative resonance in social networks. «Without competitions, of course, it's hard. I don't know how to understand how, it's just mentally difficult when you prepare, and then you are suspended. But that's okay, you just need to go through it and work on , here I can't do anything, just train, work out my programs now, and then start competing again. I will have to get used to this again. we need to cope,” Kulyak told reporters. According to the gymnast, now he is preparing a new program not on all apparatuses, but selectively. Injuries do not bother him, everything is in order. Earlier, an official statement was issued on the website of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation (FSGR) that Kulyak would not take part in international and domestic competitions at least until the decision of the appeal committee of the independent Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF). «I won't answer the question about being offended by our federation. I understand the full possibility of a psychological problem at the first start. It's possible, I think it will be so. The Olympics is in my plans,» added Kulyak.