Melnikova, Olympic champion: “Foreign gymnasts sometimes write that they are bored and waiting for us”

Olympic artistic gymnastics champion Angelina Melnikov and said that foreign athletes were waiting for Russian athletes at international competitions.

Russian athletes have been suspended from international competitions under the auspices of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).

— Do you communicate with foreign gymnasts? What do they say ?

— We don’t communicate, we can exchange sentences. They sometimes write that they miss us and are waiting for us. Our conversations never turned to political topics,” Melnikova said, as quoted by Metaratings.ru.

Melnikova, 23, is the 2020 Olympic champion in the team championship, the 2021 absolute world champion in the individual all-around, the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist in the individual all-around and floor exercises and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the individual all-around competition. the team championship.

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