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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Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee made recommendations to sports federations to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions with a number of conditions. It is on the individual...
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...
In 2022, Igor Radivilov experienced probably one of the most challenging seasons in his career – his training was interrupted by the Russian invasion, he spent several months as a refugee in Germany, his native city...
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...
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 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...
Igor Radivilov competed on rings and vault for the Ukrainian team in the qualifications at the World Championships today. On rings, he scored 13.866 which placed him well out of the final, but he is very likely to make the vault...
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...
The Ukrainian men’s team will start competing at the World Championships tomorrow. Even before the competition, they are already making the international news because Kovtun wore a t-shirt with “Stop War”...