Athletistic/ Others. All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (VFCG) President Irina Viner-Usmanova commented on gymnast Elizaveta Lugovskikh’s change of sport citizenship and her decision to play for the Montenegrin national team.
“Lugovskikh is a good girl, but she did not get into the national team. We quietly let her go, because she was not interested in the Russian national team. Her father lives in Montenegro, she moved to he was given citizenship,” Viner-Usmanov said.
Elizaveta Lugovskikh is 22 years old. The gymnast only performed for the Russian national team once, at the age of 17: at the 2017 Challenge Cup in Portimao, Portugal, she won a silver medal in the all-around.
Source: Sport
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