Kaliningrad head coach “locomotive » Andrei Voronkov suspended for 2 years for racist insults against Cuban volleyball player Ailama Sese Montalvo.
This decision was taken by the executive committee of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VVF) on Monday.
“The Executive Committee confirmed the decision of the Disciplinary Committee and set a 2-year forfeiture. It starts from the moment of the violation. He is suspended from participating in WFV competitions. Voronkov can appeal the decision, and arbitration VFV. Then can in OCD arbitration. And then CAS. For this violation, he received the maximum penalty. No penalty. Punishment options were different – from 0 to 2 years. The Executive Committee unanimously adopted a decision of disqualification for 2 years. A member of the VFV executive committee, Nikolai Karpol, did not attend the executive committee meeting, as he considered himself an interested person here,” VFV general secretary Alexander Yaremenko told reporters.
On May 12, Voronkov, during a timeout in the last match of the Russian championship with Uralochka-NTMK, referring to his team’s volleyball player, said: “Why are you still catching this monkey?” This was broadcast by . Cuban Ailama Sese Montalvo played for Uralochka, who later left the club.
Subsequently, the VFV disciplinary commission recommended to the executive committee of the organization to disqualify Voronkov for up to two years. It was noted that the specialist, “despite the obviousness of the situation, in principle refused to apologize to Uralochka-NTMK and personally to Montalvo.”
Source : MatchTV
