The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) during the July executive committee of the organization will impose unacceptable conditions for Russian gymnasts to participate in international departures, the head coach of the Russian national gymnastics team believes. Valentina Rodionenko .
FIG President Morinari Watanabe said earlier that the decision on admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to international tournaments had been postponed until July due to the large number of disciplines in the sport. He also noted that entry requirements are likely to be in line with IOC recommendations.
The FIG Executive Committee meeting, where the issue of admission will be discussed, will be held on July 19-20 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
– Is there any hope of a positive decision?
– I do not have. In any case, I think that we are going to be given unacceptable conditions. Everyone fully understands that the Olympics without Russia lose a lot,” Rodionenko told the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) website.
Rodionenko also spoke about the agreement to hold match fixtures with China’s youth teams and also announced plans to hold training camps for major UAE teams in October 2023.
– The Chinese offered us to organize matches for juniors and juniors. We accepted and they will come to Kazan in November. We will form teams of six people. At the same time, we agreed that the girls will run in 2008. We have a lot to learn from each other. Also, women’s gymnastics in China is not bad either. There are good bars, a newspaper.
As for the main teams, we have been invited to the UAE. We will go there in October, after the Cup. There is a well-equipped room, near the sea. Everyone will fly there. Nagorny is going to take his grandson. After the Olympics, our gymnasts never took part in health camps. Let them rest a bit – they deserve it. Maybe by then some good news will come. Anything can happen in life,” Rodionenko added.
In March 2023, the IOC Executive Committee recommended that international federations, if Russians are allowed to start, do so individually, in a neutral status, without participating in team events, and also exclude the participation of athletes associated with the forces. order and expressing support for the SVO.
Source : MatchTV
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