Maksim Khodykin

Maksim Khodykin (Russia)

Sport: Artistic Gymnastics
Status: Member of the Russian national team

Maksim Khodykin took up arms and participated directly in the war against Ukraine. For his actions on Ukrainian territory, he was awarded the Russian Ministry of Defence medal “Participant of a Special Military Operation”.

Direct participation in hostilities and receipt of a military award categorically exclude any possibility of neutral status in international sport.

Source:
https://watchers.media/articles/pryhylnyky-vijny-ta-putina-yaki-hochut-buty-nejtralnymy-cholovicha-zbirna-rosiyi-zi-sportyvnoyi-gimnastyky/

– Official letter of the Ministry of Youth and the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation: 

https://mms.gov.ua/news/ukraina-zaklykaie-prodovzhuvaty-vidstoronennia-himnastiv-z-rosii-ta-bilorusi-vid-mizhnarodnykh-zmahan