Lokomotiv head coach Voronkov suspended for 2 years for racism

Lokomotiv Kaliningrad head coach Andrey Voronkov received a two-year suspension for making a racist statement about Cuban volleyball player Ailama Sese Montalvo, Match TV reports.

The specialist was suspended from participation in the competitions of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VVF), disqualification begins from the moment of violation.

Voronkov can appeal the decision to the VFV arbitration, and then to the ROC arbitration and to the CAS.

He received the maximum penalty for this violation. No penalty. The punishment options were different – from 0 to 2 years. The Executive Committee unanimously adopted a decision on disqualification for 2 years. A member of the executive committee of the VFV, Nikolai Karpol, did not take part in the meeting of the executive committee, as he considered that he was an interested person here, – Secretary General of the VFV Alexander Yaremenko told reporters.

Voronkov, during a time-out in the fifth match of the final series of the Russian championship with Uralochka-NTMK on May 12, giving instructions to his players, pulled Valery Zaitseva aside, saying: “Why are you catching this monkey again?” It got on the air of “Match TV”. Cuban winger Montalvo later left the club. It was noted that Voronkov fundamentally refused to apologize to Uralochka and the volleyball player.