Two-time world champion in volleyball, two-time Olympic silver medalist, Yekaterina Gamova, commented on the situation with racist statements she made about Uralochka-NTMK’s Cuban volleyball player Ailama Montalvo during Kaliningrad Lokomotiv head coach Andrei Voronkov’s fifth match. The final playoff series of the Russian women’s volleyball championship.
“I didn’t hear it. I learned that later. It’s not a very pleasant situation. Still, we all live in the modern world and are brought up in a spirit of tolerance. You need to take care of yourself to some extent. I hope some measures are taken by the federation. I think it has to be done. Be it condemnation or punishment. I think it would be manly and right to apologize on behalf of the coach, ”quotes KP Sport Gamova.
During the break, Voronkov instructed his team’s defender Valeria Zaitseva, “Why are you holding this monkey again?” Probably the coach had Montalvo in mind.
