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Rustam SHARIPOV Olympic Champion
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After the open letter of the American coach Stacy Maloney also a group of Olympic gold medalists and former top stars of artistic gymnastics, living in USA and led by former Ukraine Olympic Champion Rustam Sharipov has voicing their opposition to the open-ended Code of Points proposed by the F.I.G.
Sharipov has posted a protest letter on his own website, rustamsharipov.com, and is urging his fellow gymnastics champions to contact the FIG and add their name to the list and he is urging all former champions to personally contact FIG President Bruno Grandi....
Sharipov says the list of Olympic champions opposing the Code includes
Lilia Podkopayeva, Svetlana Boginskaya, Tatiana Gutsu, Vitaly Scherbo, Dmitry Trush, and Peter Vidmar.