Russian gymnast Aleksandra Soldátova, world and European champion, denied on social networks that she had attempted suicide by cutting her veins, as previously reported by the local press. "What the press writes is horrible, it is totally false. Yesterday I was going to train, in the morning I prepared breakfast and I cut myself, they are things that happen, since the knives are sharp. I am a gymnast, I am a rookie in the kitchen , "Soldátova said in his coach's Instagram account.

Soldátova, 21, said she decided to go to the hospital after concluding that the wound was better than "closed and healed a professional" than herself. " I went to the hospital, I warned the coach that he would arrive a little late . The story ended there. And in the press they write horrible things: that he cut his veins," he explained, arguments backed by his coach, Anna Diachenko. In addition, he insisted that he is perfectly, that he will continue with his training and confirmed that he will compete in the next tournaments.

Supposedly, Soldátova herself assured the press before that she had committed "nonsense". "I got scared and immediately ran to the hospital," he added, after which the Russian Olympic Committee wished him a "speedy recovery." As reported by the Russian press, Soldátova went to the Sklifosovski Institute in Moscow on his own foot, where doctors discovered marks on his left wrist, although they have ruled that his life is not in danger. Some media reported that Soldátova, 21, has been diagnosed with bulimia in the hospital.

The president of the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Irina Viner-Usmánova, had said two days before Soldátova would not compete soon in a tournament in Moscow due to a health problem . Soldátova, who won his first individual gold in 2018 in a World Cup in the form of tape, although previously he had hung several gold medals for teams, was not included in the team that went last year to the Baku World Cup .

In Spain

The gymnast, who taught classes on the island of Tenerife two weeks ago, seemed to have few options to join the team that would go to the Tokyo Olympics this summer after losing the position in favor of Yekaterina Selezniova.

Last May he had exhibited in the World Cup test of rhythmic gymnastics played in the Spanish city of Guadalajara, where he hung the five individual gold medals that were at stake.

Soldátova, very popular for his photos on social networks, especially on Instagram , has suffered for years the fierce competition that exists among Russian gymnasts for joining the national team. In the previous Olympic cycle, Yana Kudryavtseva and Margarita Mamun were the leaders and, after their withdrawal, the selection team was taken by the twins Dina and Arina Averina, which share the world and European titles

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