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Olympic champs among 3 Russian gymnasts denied visas for worlds in the Netherlands

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Russian Olympic champions Angelina Melnikova and Viktoria Listunova were among three Russian gymnasts denied entry visas by the Netherlands for this week’s world championships in Rotterdam. The event is a qualifier for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and Russia plans to ask both the International Olympic Committee and World Gymnastics to reconsider its status as a qualifying event due to these visa denials. While four other Russian gymnasts were permitted entry, sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov highlighted that countries retain the right to deny visas for political or security reasons despite recent lifts on international competition bans for Russian athletes.

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Angelina Melnikova, Viktoria Listunova, and Anna Kalmykova were denied entry visas to participate in the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The event began on Saturday, October 14, 2026, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Melnikova was defending her title from the women’s all-around competition at the previous championships. Russian officials, including Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, have threatened to petition the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Gymnastics to strip the Rotterdam event of its qualification status for the upcoming Olympics due to these visa denials. Melnikova and Listunova were also gold medalists in the team event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics where they narrowly beat a U.S. team that was without star gymnast Simone Biles. Despite this, four other Russian gymnasts were permitted to enter the Netherlands for the competition.

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Topics

Netherlands ROTTERDAM Russian Russians World Gymnastics

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Russian NORP · 4× Netherlands GPE · 3× Melnikova PERSON · 2× ROTTERDAM GPE · 2× Russians NORP · 2× World Gymnastics ORG · 2× Angelina Melnikova PERSON · 1× Los Angeles Olympics GPE · 1× The Russian Gymnastics Federation ORG · 1× Viktoria Listunova PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Russian officials will ask the International Olympic Committee and World Gymnastics to strip the championships of its status as a Los Angeles qualifier, sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov wrote on social media on Tuesday.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-13

🔮 Melnikova would have been the defending champion in the women’s all-around in Rotterdam for the week-long worlds that are a team qualifying event for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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Olympic champs among 3 Russian gymnasts denied visas for worlds in the Netherlands · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 1 hedged)

The Russian Gymnastics Federation says former Olympic champions Angelina Melnikova and Viktoria Listunova are among three athletes denied visas to enter the Netherlands for the world championships starting on Saturday. asserted

Melnikova → say → Saturday

Melnikova would have been the defending champion in the women’s all-around in Rotterdam for the week-long worlds that are a team qualifying event for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. asserted

that → defend → Olympics

Degtyaryov → ask → Tuesday

Melnikova and Listunova were gold medalists in the team event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, edging a United States team competing without Simone Biles who withdrew. asserted

who → edge → Biles

The Russians were due to travel to the Netherlands with 18-year-old Anna Kalmykova. asserted

Russians → travel → Kalmykova

Four other Russian gymnasts were allowed into the country, Russian media reported. asserted

media → allow → country

Russian gymnasts were cleared in May of restrictions to competing internationally by World Gymnastics, after years of being banned or required to pass vetting for neutral status during the full military invasion of Ukraine. uncertain

gymnasts → clear → Ukraine

Countries hosting sports events still retain the right to deny visas for political or security reasons. asserted

Countries → host → reasons

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, no Russians competed in artistic gymnastics. asserted

Russians → compete → gymnastics