Ukrainian gymnast expelled from national team after posting on Instagram
on Instagram that she "hates Poland". This is reported by Suspilne Sport, according to UNN.
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On Tuesday, November 20, Vlada Nikolchenko posted a story on
Instagram, where she made negative remarks about Poland.
Spoiled my mood in the morning. I hate this country with all my
I hate this country with all my heart, and most of all, I hate the people who live here. I am here only because the airport in my native
Ukraine closed the airport
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According to Suspilne.Sport, after the gymnast's post, the Ukrainian
gymnastics federation opened disciplinary proceedings against
Nikolchenko.
Former Secretary General of the Polish Gymnastics Federation Piotr
Piotr Dec, the former secretary general of the Polish Gymnastics Federation, responded to the post and expressed hope that the Ukrainian woman would not
"go through the Polish horror."
He later noted that the vice president of the Ukrainian
of Gymnastics Iryna Blokhina had contacted him and apologized to the people of Poland
for Nikolchenko's statements.
The Ukrainian Federation is shocked by this situation. An official letter of apology to the Polish Federation is being sent.
Instead, the gymnast herself apologized in a post on Instagram,
explaining that her words were the result of a psychological breakdown. A few days later
Nikolchenko was expelled from the Ukrainian national team.