Iva Ristic, wife of South African player Elton Jantjies, spoke to the media in her country after the team’s decision to disqualify the athlete and the nutritionist for an alleged affair.
South Africa visit to Cougars next Saturday in Avellaneda for the Rugby Championship, but the Spingboks arrive amid a scandal over the team’s split from Elton Jantjiesopening team, and the nutritionist for supposed romance. In the last hours, the athlete’s wife spoke and gave her version.
Following South Africa’s decision to separate one of its leading figures and Zeenat Simjeethe team’s nutritionist, spoke out for the alleged affair Iva Ristic, Wife of JantjiesIn the portal network24 Y explained: “I was surprised, I was even shocked, I thought he was a family friend. Elton has denied everything… I have my reservations, but all we can do now is wait and see.”
In addition, in the same medium it was said that the wife found out about the alleged affair through the networks and she herself clarified how she felt when she heard the news: “We have been together since 2014 and we have had our ups and downs like any other couple. I was always there to support him through the good times and the bad, and I still am. When we met, he wasn’t even part of the national team, we worked hard for him to achieve his goals and dreams. I sacrificed many things, including my career and my dreams.”
Ristic and Jantjies They met in 2011, but it was only three years later when their love story began. In 2019 they got married a few days before the Rugby World Cup in Japan and are now parents of three children: Elton Junior, Noah and Leandro Lee.
After asking how his partner would proceed after the opening, Ristic already commented probably won’t continue, although it will keep the link: “We have been together for almost a decade. We will always have love for each other, and we will always be a unit. We have three beautiful children who love him unconditionally.”
“ANDThis is very worrying for all Springbok wives, because none of us know that this behavior does not actually break any rules.… It is very disappointing that a World Cup winning management allows situations like this to be created within the team environment.Ristic assured.
The middle connectionwho revealed the truth, explained that the management decided not to affect the opening and the nutritionist and pointed out: “LThe Springboks management is aware of the reports regarding Springboks fly half Elton Jantjies and team nutritionist Zeenat Simjee between the training camp in Sabie and the test match against New Zealand in Mbombela earlier this month. No team protocol has been breached, but individuals will return to South Africa to monitor these personal reports and remove any distractions in the team’s preparation for the test against Argentina.”.
depending on the medium Citizensnoted that the athlete and the nutritionist were spotted at two hotels and wrote: “Janties also allegedly asked a staff at one of the guest houses if he knew who he was after the staff asked him not to make too much noise after receiving several complaints from guests.”.
Jantjieswho already had a confusing episode at the beginning of the year due to acts of vandalism and harassment of a stewardess, and in that context, the assistant coach, deon davidsonly gave an explanation of what happened and said: “We handled the situation professionally. We understand where our focus should be as a team and I can assure you that it is fully focused on the big challenge that awaits us against Argentina..
Amid the scandal, The Cougars they will receive South Africa next Saturday on the penultimate date of Rugby Championshipat the Libertadores de América Stadium from 4:10 pm
Source: Tycsports
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