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A year after the sensation at the Tokyo Olympics, the Russian gymnast admits that she went through a difficult time: "I was ashamed." Her coach is still convinced: the Israeli victory is predetermined


Ashram's Golden Year: Abrina in Psychotherapy, Russia Still Believes in Conspiracy

A year after the sensation at the Tokyo Olympics, the Russian gymnast admits that she went through a difficult time: "I was ashamed."

Her coach is still convinced: the Israeli victory is predetermined

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09/08/2022

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Linoi Ashram announces her retirement from artistic gymnastics (photo: Niv Aharonson, video editing: Lear Spiegel)

Exactly one year and two days have passed since Linoy Ashram's incredible gold medal win in Tokyo, and it seems that the Russian obsession with her has not yet ended.

In recent days, the Russian media mentioned the event, and it seems that they still believe that judicial collusion prevented Medina Abrina from standing at the top of the podium.



Vera Stalina, who coached Dina and Arina Avrina before the Olympics, even claimed in an interview yesterday that "the conspiracy began even before Tokyo, at the Grand Prix held in Israel. Ashram received grades there that no other gymnast had received all year, and we were all shocked - because she deserved a lower grade At least a point and a half."



According to Stalina, "Even then I was afraid of what was going to happen in the Olympics. The panel of judges that gave Ashram the highest score in the Grand Prix in Israel, arrived almost entirely in Tokyo as well. 80 percent of the judges in the Grand Prix in Israel tipped the scales in the Olympics. Dina and Arina told me, 'The judges are going to tear us apart', and they were right. I was still naive and thought that Ashram received such high marks in Tel Aviv, because our girls did not get there and had no real competition. But the truth is that it was just a dress rehearsal for Tokyo. Even then it was decided that Ashram would take the The gold in Tokyo".

Russia refuses to let go.

Ashram in front of Avrina (photo: official website, Doron Shiner)

Stalina says that since that famous competition, in which she claims "the sisters were robbed", she and Dina are being treated by a psychologist regularly.

"I was in a very bad mental state after the Olympics. Family and friends helped me recover, and the psychologist also explained to me that I was not to blame for what happened. Nothing of what happened was my responsibility, the fault was the judges' and they are the ones who should feel bad about themselves. Thank God, today is It's behind me and I manage to forget about it and focus on the present."



Yesterday, Dina Avrina handed over a letter of appreciation to her other coach in the competition, Irena Weiner Osmanova.

"It's unbelievable that a year has passed since the Olympics. It's a difficult memory for all of us, but it's thanks to you that I survived this period mentally," Avrina wrote to her.

"I still remember how you urged me to win the gold and told me that all of Russia was behind me. After what happened, I was ashamed of you. I felt that I had disappointed you and the whole country, that I had not met expectations.

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Ashram in the retirement notice (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

Ashram, as I recall, announced her retirement and joined the team of the Gymnastics Association.

On the other hand, the Abrina sisters decided to continue competing, perhaps with the aim of making up for the disappointment in Tokyo and getting to the top of the podium in Paris.

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