“I read the Japanese press, which was collecting feedback from fans of rhythmic gymnastics. The Japanese were shocked by what they saw. This is not to be called refereeing, this is anti-refereeing! We saw everything, the whole world saw everything! Irina Viner called everything in her own words, although, I think, rather mildly. This requires completely different words and expressions. The whole world saw the magnificent, confident and highly professional performance of our gymnasts. Also, the whole world saw how people who were called judges showed themselves. Unfortunately, they let down the people who assigned this function to them, "Sport-Express quotes Zakharova.
In the individual all-around, the Russian woman Dina Averina scored 107.650 points and won the Olympic silver, Arina Averina became the fourth (102.100).
The winner of the gold medal was the representative of Israel Lina Ashram (107,800), while during the exercises with the ribbon, she admitted the loss of the object.
Earlier, Zakharova said that Russia cannot be deleted from world sports.