The famous rhythmic gymnasts Katerina Vedenieva returned Russian sports citizenship, according to the International Gymnastics Federation (RIS). Previously, she has been in Slovenia since 2018, where she achieved significant success in the international arena.
The 30-year-old athlete is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Cup and the finalist of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where she took sixth place in her personal universal. A year ago, she completed his sports career.
The updated figure indicates the category of judge Vedoneva, which indicates her transition to work in the judicial corps.
For reference: Vedoneyeva – a gymnast of Russian origin born in Irkutsk. Until 2018, she defended Russia, and then gained citizenship of Slovenia and became the first representative of this country at the Olympic Games in rhythmic gymnastics.
For Russia, she performed at the 2015 University, where she showed stable results in the TOP-8. After the transition to the flag of Slovenia, she became a key figure in the national team: she won bronze at the 2022 World Cup with a ribbon and at the European Championship in 2023 with Maces and repeatedly climbed the catwalks at the Cup and Grand Prix.
At the Olympic Games in Tokyo (2020), they took the 16th place in qualification. Vedoneyeva is considered the most successful gymnast in the history of Slovenian rhythmic gymnastics.
According to OBOZ.UA, earlier the Ukrainian gymnastics Federation (UFG) sent an official appeal to the International Gymnastics Federation (Figure), which requires the abolition of neutral status (Ain), appointed by Anastasia Ivanova and Victoria Chumakova, athletes with Russian busy.
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Source: Obozrevatel
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