Ivankou leaves big-time sports

Ivan Іvankou leaves big-time sports. The most successful Belarusian gymnast since the time of Vital Shcherba has recently announced his desire to finish the career.

According to the sportsman, he is tired and cannot keep on the high level that is necessary to get good results.
The new manager of the Belarusian national gymnastics team Vіktar Doilіdau noted the last straw for Ivankou was the attitude of judges – he was not “the king of gymnastics” Ivan Ivankou anymore, but one of the many aged sportsmen who had a lot of difficulties in adapting to the new principles of judging.

Ivankou hopes to remain in the Belarusian sport but he is still undecided about his new role in it, reports the newspaper “Belarus segodnya”.

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