Winner of the Spartakiade in the 3m springboard Yevgeny Kuznetsov told how he relates to the scandal that has erupted around former German jumper Jan Hempel.
Olympic medalist Hempel said from the age of 11 he was sexually abused by his coach Werner Langer for 14 years. The confessions of Hempel, 51, sounded in a documentary film by the German television channel ARD. Langer committed suicide in 2001.
“The Hempel revelations came out in the morning. How is this perceived in sport? Funny, sad, neutral?
– I do not care. We have nothing like that, they are all good. If something like that had happened, they would have dealt with it quickly.
Kuznetsov won the Spartakiad on the 3-meter springboard, ahead of Nikita Shleikher and Alexander Belevtsev, who led on the fifth vault.
Source : MatchTV
