Wiener appealed to CAS

The President of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, Irina Viner, filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Match TV reports this.

Wiener intends to challenge the decision of the appeal tribunal of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) on a two-year suspension. “The timing of the appeal to CAS is unknown. This is the last instance where a GEF decision can be challenged,” she said.

In November, an appeals tribunal upheld Wiener’s suspension. She will not be able to work at international tournaments from March 6, 2023 to March 5, 2025. Wiener was also ordered to pay five thousand Swiss francs for the costs of the appeal.

On March 6, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) suspended Wiener for two years due to a scandal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the coach spoke critically about the judging of the competition. In addition, she withdrew the candidacy of Russian Natalia Kuzmina from the elections to the FIG technical committee in 2021.

In September 2021, Wiener withdrew Kuzmina’s candidacy from the elections, emphasizing that “she did something nasty at the Olympic Games.” The reason was the judging of the Russian woman at the Games in Tokyo, where the Israeli Lina Ashram became the winner in the individual all-around, beating the Russian Dina Averina. At the same time, the representative of Israel dropped an object during her last speech.