The FIG additionally ordered European Gymnastics to pay 8,000 euros (£6,670) for the reimbursement of investigative prices and added that it couldn’t cease 16-year-old Tugolukova from competing within the Olympics as a result of it was not a ‘area of play’ resolution.
Trikomiti, president of the superior jury on the European Championships held in Budapest in Could 2024, was discovered to have “unduly interfered” with the judges’ work to assist Tugolukova safe Olympic qualification forward of Poland’s Liliana Lewinska.
She was beforehand a choose on the Rio 2016 Olympics.
A consultant for Trikomiti instructed information company Reuters: “The disciplinary proceedings towards her have been flawed from the outset. They have been primarily based on a partial and incomplete investigation and relied on concocted proof.
“Mrs Trikomiti has been a choose for a few years with none grievance, not to mention sanction.
“She has labored arduous to make sure that all competitions are judged pretty, independently and with out bias and she or he absolutely intends to proceed this work when her enchantment is concluded.”
Trikomiti’s daughter, Chrystalleni, represented Cyprus on the 2012 London Olympics and received two gold medals in rhythmic gymnastics on the 2010 Commonwealth Video games in Delhi.
European Gymnastics stated it will seek the advice of with attorneys earlier than contemplating an enchantment.
The Cyprus Gymnastics Federation stated it will “totally evaluation” the ruling.
“We’re dedicated to taking all vital actions in accordance with the regulation and making certain that the suitable measures are applied,” it stated.
