Oleg Verniaiev was added to the list of 2016 Olympic men’s gymnastics champions who will not have the chance to defend their title in Tokyo later this month.
When Ukraine announced its Olympic team this week, Verniaiev was noticeably missing.
The 2016 Olympic parallel bars gold medalist and all-around silver medalist was provisionally suspended by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in December 2020.
Verniaiev, the 2019 World all-around bronze medalist, is still listed as suspended on the FIG website. No reason has been given for his suspension and Verniaiev has yet to publicly comment on the matter.