The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation told that the department has not received documents from the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) regarding the approval of Ruslan Mashchenko as the head coach of the Russian national athletics team.
Earlier, the Presidium of the All-Russian Athletics Federation VFLA approved the candidacy of Ruslan Mashchenko for the post of head coach of the Russian national athletics team, the 51-year-old specialist received the highest number of votes . Svetlana Abramova, Leonid Voloshin, Yakov Petrov, Nikolai Sidorov and Sergei Sinelobov were also on the list of suitors.
– At the moment, the VFLA documents have not been received by the Ministry of Sports. If sent, they will be considered in the appropriate order,” the press office told .
Mashchenko is the silver medalist of the European and World Championships, the winner of the 1998 European Indoor Championships in the 400 meters.
Earlier in March, it was announced that ARAF’s membership in the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) had been reinstated after seven years, but the suspension of Russians and Belarusians from competition has been extended. because of the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV
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