"Incredible Pain": At the Olympics tennis player with the Russian Federation refused to play against Ukrainian, details

The athlete said she was injured during a victorious match with the first racket of the world in Wimbledon. She recorded a video in which she asked for team colleagues. The Kazakh tennis player of Russian descent Yulia Putintsev will not be able to play a match with Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk during the 2024 Olympics. She arrived in the Olympic settlement, started training, but it is clear that she is not capable of taking part in the competitions. The tennis player reported on the Instagram page.

Putintseva posted a short video in the afternoon on July 27. In the video, she said she was removing from the Olympics because of his knee problems. The recording is made in the corridor of the sports complex and it is noticeable that the Russian woman misses because of the current situation. "Unfortunately, I have very bad news. I have to star from the Olympic Games in Paris because of the knee injury received during Wimbledon," she said.

The tennis player assured the audience that she very much wanted to take part in the competitions and sought to play in the Kazakhstan national team. She "hurts and difficult" to go to the court, so she made a difficult decision. Having announced the refusal of the match, Putintsev asked her colleagues on the team. "Unfortunately, this time I can't even just go to the court. It is very difficult for me, though," - heard on video.

The tennis player was confirmed on the portal of the Kazakh Tennis Association. The Association's press service stressed that the problems were known during training in Paris. The athlete felt "incredible knee pain". Pain is a consequence of playing with the first racket of Iga Schwontek in Wimbledon, in which she won. Yulia Putintseva is a 29-year-old tennis player who was born in Moscow. Since 2012, she has been in favor of Kazakhstan.

The women's tennis association rating indicates that it takes 30 position in a single category. A woman lives in the US on the Florida coast and no photos related to the Russian Federation were found on her Instagram page. It should be noted that on July 26 in Paris the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics took place. During the ceremony, teams from 206 countries sailed with hay on special boats. Earlier it became known that Russian and Belarusian athletes will also be involved in the competition.