In the hotel of Russian gymnasts in the Netherlands, a fire alarm went off
According to gymnast Marinov, the alarm went off at night, because someone “inflated in the hotel.” The World Cup starts on October 17
In the hotel of the participants of the national team of Russia in gymnastics, who came to the world championships in the Netherlands, the fire alarm went off at night. This was told by gymnast Daniel Marinov.
The tournament in Rotterdam starts on October 17 and ends on October 25.
“Someone puffed up in a hotel today, thereby disrupting our dream,” Marinov wrote on Instagram (owned by Meta, the company is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia).
He later explained that the smell was on the stairs: Thank goodness nothing like that happened. It just smelled on the stairs. And because of this, they earned "squeakers". The alarm. Then we went back to sleep. But the boys who arrived yesterday, the guys who need ten hours to sleep continuously, they have this theme happened that interrupted their precious dream, said Marinov in his telegram channel.
Russian gymnasts arrived in the Netherlands in stages, as they received Schengen visas. One of the groups was delayed by more than seven hours from Vnukovo.
On October 13, the Dutch authorities refused visas for the World Cup to the three leaders of the women’s team – Angelina Melnikova, Victoria Listunova and Anna Kalmykova, pointing as a reason a threat to international relations.
The World Cup in Rotterdam is qualifying for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The three best men's and three best women's teams will receive Olympic quotas.
Because of this, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said that the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will appeal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Gymnastics Federation (World Gymnastics) with a demand to deprive the tournament in Rotterdam of the status of qualification for the Olympic Games.
