“I am in favor of participating in international competitions” – gymnast Ivan Kulyak, disqualified

Gymnast Ivan Kuliak told that Russian athletes need international competition.

On Friday, Kulyak became third in the individual all-around competition of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Cup, which takes place on the federal territory of Sirius. These competitions were the first for the athlete after a year-long disqualification imposed on him by the Disciplinary Commission of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (FEM) for having participated in the World Cup awards ceremony. with the letter Z on his uniform.

– Do you want Russians to be allowed to participate in international competitions?

– Of course, it is very important for an athlete to perform. I’m all for the performance. It is difficult to speak of the conditions: probably, insofar as they allow it, they must be fulfilled.

– Coach Valentina Rodionenko says Olympians have virtually no incentive to participate in domestic competitions. Do young people have problems?

– No no. Olympians have been through so much, they have seen so much more than these competitions, everything is different with us,” Kulyak told .

On July 19, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided to allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in international competitions as neutral individual athletes from January 1, 2024. The President of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation , Vasily Titov, told that the FIG will publish in mid-September additional criteria for the neutrality of performances by Russians and Belarusians.

On Saturday and Sunday, the Russian Cup will host competitions in separate events for men and women. Watch live broadcasts on and Match! Arena”, as well as the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.