“No one will take away our flag or country”: Cherkashin’s love about the return of symbols to the Belarusian gymnast n

The return of the flag and anthem to Belarusian gymnasts is the right decision that should unite them. This was stated by the head coach of the national team of Belarus in rhythmic gymnastics, winner of the Olympic Games Lyubov Cherkashin in the program "Markov". Nothing personal" on the TV channel ONT, writes sb.by.

According to Lyubov Cherkashina, the first thought of the news about the FIG decision was nothing:

- I didn't live with the idea that something was taken from me. I was doing my job. I knew that sooner or later all the perturbations would end, new ones might appear. But if we resent each other and stop, we will harm ourselves. So, of course, it's good, right news, especially for sport, because it has to unite. He shouldn't go where he shouldn't. For rhythmic gymnastics and not only this is important, because this is how the system in sports is built. Behind the conditional athlete is someone - a huge country, a team. You also need to show it, understand where it comes from. That's right. It's normal. It's a sport. It's a competition. Come out and prove that you have grown in your skill in a particular sport.

The coach also answered the question of how to explain the value of the flag to a young gymnast if she performed without it for five years:

- She's not without a flag. I am not a supporter of such arguments, because no one took our flag, anthem or country. They think they took it. You can't take that away from me. Our children understand that, first of all, this is the age when most competitions are national. And here, of course, a citizen is formed in the same way as in kindergarten, as well as in school, as well as further in the university. I do not see such a global problem here. Sport is an additional puzzle in its formation and understanding that it can glorify its country due to its physical capabilities. Well, some of us go to the Olympics in mathematics, at the expense of their mind celebrates, and we at the expense of their physical abilities.