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The so-called president of the FBU, Shevchenko, prohibits Ukraine's junior boxing team from competing for medals at the European Championship, - Cherednichenko
The so-called leadership of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation has “dumped” the junior team that went to Italy for the European Championship.
Now that the misunderstanding with the state flag has been resolved, they demand that coaches and athletes leave the championship early. This was written on Facebook by coach Anton Cherednichenko.
He reported that from the start of the European Championship, neither the so-called president of the FBU Kiryl Shevchenko, nor the government-appointed coach Yurii Shevchuk, nor the team manager were with the Ukrainian team.
“Why have all the problems fallen on the shoulders of the senior coaches, and not on those who are supposed to resolve them? In difficult times, boxers and coaches were left, faced with problems, alone,” Cherednichenko wrote.
Even after the current FBU president Volodymyr ProdVivus urgently flew to Italy and reached a positive decision from the European Boxing Confederation to use the Ukrainian flag at the competitions, the self-proclaimed “leaders” of the FBU require athletes and coaches to renounce medals and go home.
“They were sending me videos where our girls are crying. Nothing hurts as deeply as a backstab. Both coaches and boxers invested time and money in training, camp, postponed joys for the sake of victory… I cannot find an answer as to why boxers are told not to box when they can box and represent Ukraine at the European Championship,” wrote Cherednichenko.
As a reminder, some media outlets spread the information that the International Boxing Association (IBA) allegedly prohibited the junior team from competing under the state flag. Later, the FBU president and IBA vice president Volodymyr ProdVivus explained: the scandalous decision was made by the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC), mistakenly referring to the IOC regulations. On September 29, the EUBC sent a letter allowing the use of the state flag and the Ukrainian national anthem during the European Championship in Italy.
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