Oleg Verniaiev returns to the World Championships four years after his last appearance in 2019. This will be his first major international competition in four years. Verniaiev’s break from competitions was first due to the...
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Illia Kovtun often competes better in the finals than in the qualification. Today was no exception and he gained over 0.6 compared to his qualification score which was enough to finish 7th. Kovtun placed 15th in the...
The Ukrainian men’s team competed in the qualifications at the World Championships yesterday. The team which put up three inexperienced gymnasts in addition to Illia Kovtun and Igor Radivilov was not expected to make the...
Yesterday, Illia Kovtun wore a t-shirt with the words “Stop War” on the chest in podium training. He was asked to remove the shirt by the FIG because wearing it would be against the new Code of Conduct that prohibits...
On the second day of MAG podium training, Illia Kovtun appeared wearing a t-shirt in the colours of the Ukrainian flag with the words “Stop War” on his chest. He wore the t-shirt on the field of play. Gymnast...
When the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian and Belarusian gymnasts from international competitions in March in response to the invasion of Ukraine, gymnastics leagues and individual clubs were faced with a...
Flying to Germany in February, Ukrainian artistic gymnasts planned to attend two World Cups and go back to Ukraine. Some had additional plans, for example, Illia Kovtun was supposed to compete for his club in the Serie A in...
Russian gymnasts competed at their last international gymnastics competition in the near future due to the ban and, apparently, one of them decided to go out with a bang. Ivan Kuliak who made the parallel bronze final at the Doha...
When Illia Kovtun won five golds and a silver at the junior European Championships in 2020, it was clear that he is is capable of having an absolutely spectacular senior career. However, he was not necessarily expected to start...
Irina Nadiuk was preparing Nazar Chepurnyi for the Tokyo Olympics – Ukraine’s star at the 2019 Junior Worlds turned senior in 2020, right in time for Tokyo. However, with the Games’ postponement and...