Updated: High Profile Russian Gymnasts Like Alexei Nemov's Instagram Post Where He Defends Ivan Kuliak Over Wearing The Russian Pro War Symbol At Doha World Cup

A number of high profile gymnasts liked Alexei Nemov's Instagram post where he defended Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak for wearing the Russ...

A number of high profile gymnasts liked Alexei Nemov's Instagram post where he defended Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak for wearing the Russian pro war symbol 'Z' on his shirt while competing at Doha World Cup last week.

The gymnasts who liked the post:

Seda Tutkhalyan, 2016 Olympic silver medalist.

Tatiana Nabieva, 2010 World champion.

Vladislava Urazova, 2020 Olympic champion.

Angelina Melnikova, 2020 Olympic champion and 2021 World all around champion.

Ekaterina Kramarenko, 2008 Olympian.

Elena Zamoloditchkova, 2000 double Olympic champion.

Denis Abliazin, 2020 Olympic champion and silver medalist.

Emin Garibov, 2012 and 2013 European champion.

Ksenia Semenova, 2008 Olympian and 2009 European all around champion.

Oksana Chusovitina, Uzbek/Soviet gymnast who is eight time Olympian.

It's worth mentioning that Chusovitina liked a post by Russian former figure skater Evgeni Plushenko where he wrote "Stop Racism! Stop Genocide ! Stop Fascism!" using hashtag #stoprussianhate, four days ago.

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A post shared by Евгений Плющенко (@plushenkoofficial)

While Melnikova has previously shared an anti war post on her Instagram Story.

The Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials, including judges have been banned from taking part in FIG competitions or FIG-sanctioned competitions - starting from March 7th until further notice.

Updates:

2012 and 2016 Olympic vault medalist Maria Paseka also liked Nemov's post.

Paseka has previously defended Kuliak on Telegram.