They decided not to risk the health of the athletes. The epidemiological situation in the world forced the leadership to take this step. Head coach Andrey Rodionenko called the gymnasts the team’s golden fund, which must be preserved. He explained that after the Olympic Games in Tokyo, qualifications have been postponed. It will be held as part of the 2021 European Championship, in which Russian athletes will certainly take part. Rodionenko promised that at the Games the Russians would compete for medals of the highest dignity. On the eve it became known that the coronavirus was detected in the leader of world gymnastics, Japanese Kohei Uchimura. The disease is asymptomatic. As for the European Championship, it also did not escape the transfer. Initially, it was planned to be held in Baku, in Azerbaijan, but then it was decided that the competition would be held in Turkey.
12 countries have already refused to participate in the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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