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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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced that Oleg Verniaiev’s doping suspension is reduced from four to two years. Oleg Verniaiev tested positive for meldonium in August 2020 during an out of competition doping...
Oleg Verniaiev released a video in which he talks about his life during the war and calls for a lifetime ban of the Russian athletes that support the war. Verniaiev was born and raised in Donetsk, a Ukrainian city that has...
The Ukrainian Championships in artistic gymnastics started last week and Kyiv and today was supposed to be the final day of the competition. As the strikes on Kyiv became a rare occurrence over the last few months, the officials...
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...
This week, Oleg Verniaiev gave an interview to a Ukrainian website Suspilne Sport in which he mentioned the tension on the national team that could make him consider switching citizenship. While Verniaiev said he hasn’t...
Oleg Verniaiev talked to Suspilne Sport about fighting his doping ban and the ongoing conflict on the Ukrainian national team. Verniaiev received a four-year doping ban due to testing positive for meldonium in the fall of...
Oleg Verniaiev finally revealed the reason why he has been suspended for over half a year – he tested positive for meldonium in November. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) gave him a four-year ban which he now plans to...
Gennady Sartynsky, the head coach of the Ukrainian MAG team, told Tribuna.com that the FIG told everyone involved not to comment on Verniaiev’s provisional suspension. Sartynsky said that Verniaiev is currently doing...
Oleg Verniaiev, the reigning Olympic parallel bars champion and silver all-around medalist, is provisionally suspended by the International Gymnastics Federations. This was confirmed by the federation’s media representative...