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18 maggio 2022 alle 12:19aggiornato il 18 maggio 2022 alle 12:18
On the podium with the symbol Z, disqualified Russian gymnast: he will have to return the medal
Twenty-year-old Ivan Kuliak had won a bronze at the parallels: on the top step a Ukrainian athlete
Banned for one year for wearing a symbol of the war in Ukraine on the podium during the Athletics World Cup in Qatar last March .
The protagonist is the Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak , 20 years old.
The young man won bronze in the final of the parallels in Doha by showing the letter Z on the podium, which has become a symbol of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , attached to his chest. On the top step, by the way, was the Ukrainian athlete Illia Kovtun .
The International Gymnastics Federation has decided to disqualify him: now Kuliak will also have to return his medal. You can appeal within 21 days.
(Unioneonline / D)
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