Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Victoria Listunova was offered to perform for one of the Italian clubs at the national championship, Valentina Rodionenko, senior coach of the Russian team, told TASS. According to her, the representatives of the European country were very persistent in their request.
Very soon Victoria Listunova plans to go to Italy. Representatives of one of the Italian gymnastics clubs contacted her, they very persistently asked her to perform as part of their team at the club championship of this country and invited her to a meeting , she said .
Listunov may be represented by the Ginnastica Riccione Academy club, tentatively. One of its coaches is Russian Anton Stolyar.
After the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee decided to disqualify Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions. The IOC recommended that sports federations not allow athletes from these countries to participate in international tournaments. However, in December 2023, the IOC decided to allow Russian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympics as neutrals and subject to a number of necessary requirements.
Earlier it became known that Russian gymnast Alexandra Semenova intends to change her sports citizenship and start competing for the Armenian national team. According to the athlete’s mother, Semenova is already quite an old athlete. The gymnast has not been included in the main roster of the Russian national team since 2015.