Chepurny has won the first medal for Ukraine at the European Gymnastics Championships Gymnastics
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Ukrainian Gymnast Nazar Chepurny won the bronze award at the European Championships 20125 in sports gymnastics.
The athlete took third place with a result of 14,583 points and won the first medal for Ukraine in this tournament.
The competition was won by Armenian Arthur Davtyan, and the silver award was won by British Jake Jerman.
European Gymnastics Championship
Supporting jump
- Arthur Davtyan (Armenia) – 14,799
- Jake Jerman (UK) – 14.733
- Nazar Chepurny (Ukraine) – 14,583
It should be noted that Chepurny has been bronze for the second time in a row in the reference jump at the European Championship. This year he is too could get a medal in free exercisesHowever, he finished 4th.
We will remind, the national team of Ukraine approached the tournament on the background of a high -profile scandal. On May 6 it became known that the Federation of Gymnastics of Ukraine decided not to send Sartinsky to the European Gymnasts Championship.
However, the athletes were outraged by the FSU’s decision and announced that They will boycott the competitionsHaving accused of this Vice president of the Federation Stella Zakharov, who « systematically destroys the male gymnastics of Ukraine from the inside. »
Himself Sartinsky believesthat he was removed from the European Championship because it is not influenced by the Federation. And Zakharova in an exclusive comment from the champion accused Oleg Vernayev In the organization of the boycott of the national team of Ukraine.
