Russian gymnast slapped with yearlong ban for sporting Russian ‘Z’

By Jenny Goldsberry

Published May 18, 2022 3:47pm ET

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Russian gymnast slapped with yearlong ban for sporting Russian ‘Z’ — The International Gymnastics Federation, or FIG, for Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, has banned a Russian gymnast from competition for a year after the athlete donned the letter “Z,” a pro-Russian war symbol, on his singlet. Ivan Kuliak won bronze in the federation’s Apparatus World Cup in March in Dohar, Qatar, only to be forced to […]

The International Gymnastics Federation, or FIG, for Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, has banned a Russian gymnast from competition for a year after the athlete donned the letter “Z,” a pro-Russian war symbol, on his singlet.

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