““He did the right thing”: the participant of the 2024 Olympics from Ukraine supported Kovtun’s decision to change citizenship January 19, 15:32 Share: Ilya Kovtun (Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman) Ukrainian pentathlete, participant of the 2024 Olympics Vladyslav Chekan commented on the decision of the silver medalist Ilya Kovtun’s sports gymnastics will be changed at the 2024 Games citizenship Read also: “You will never become your own in a foreign country”: Beleniuk explained why Kovtun made a mistake by deciding to change citizenship”, — write on: ua.news
Ilya Kovtun (Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman)
Ukrainian pentathlete, participant of the 2024 Olympics, Vladyslav Chekan, commented on the decision of Ilya Kovtun, the silver medalist of the 2024 Games in gymnastics, to change his citizenship.
“You will never become your own in a foreign country”: Beleniuk explained why Kovtun made a mistake by deciding to change citizenship
Chekan reacted to comments on one of the posts about Kovtun on Instagram — many users harshly criticized the gymnast for wanting to represent another country.
“The comments once again show that he did the right thing. [Коментарі] show the attitude towards professional sports in this country,” Chekan wrote.
It should be noted that at the Olympics in Paris, 23-year-old Chekan stopped at the semi-final stage in modern pentathlon.
Earlier it became known that 21-year-old Kovtun has applied for Croatian citizenship and intends to play for the Balkan country in the future.
At the 2024 Olympic Games, Kovtun won a silver medal in parallel bars. He is also the current vice-champion of the world in all-around.
We wrote that Olga Harlan reacted to the Ukrainian gymnast’s decision to change citizenship.