The Ukrainian gymnast Ilya Kovtun became the protagonist of the final of the Italian club, which took place on May 4-5 in Florence, which brought the “Ginnastica Ferrara” sensational “gold”. The Ukrainian scored 83,800 points out of 237,800 teams and became a key factor in the victory of the debutants, leaving the favorites with the Romagna team.
Kovtun especially shone in parallel bars (14,700) and horses (14,100), providing Ferrara with a two point advantage over silver medalists with the Romania team (235,500). This team lost its leader Nikola Batchi, who was wounded on the knee a week before the final at the World Cup in Cairo.
Kovtun’s speech was crucial for Ferrara, a noun club at the highest level, whose coach is Claudio Pascal. He brought the championship to a new team, and the Ukrainian legionnaire became a symbol of a breakthrough.
It should be recalled that in January it became known that Elijah and his coach Irina Gorbachev submitted documents for Croatian citizenship. In April, the athlete confirmed this information, adding that the design process is still ongoing.
21-year-old Kovtun-one of the most talented Ukrainian athletes. In 2024, in addition to Olympic silver, he also won three gold medals at the European Championship in Rimin.
Earlier, in an interview with OBOZ.ua, coach Irina Gorbacheva noted that Ukraine did not put anything in the preparation of its chamber for OI-2014. Kovtun himself deleted a post on the support of Ukraine and its people from Instagram.
According to OBOZ.UA, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Matthew, poor, expressed his indignation at Elijah Kovtun to leave the national team of Ukraine. At the same time, Olga Harlan neutrally spoke of a gymnast.
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Source: Obozrevatel
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