A swimmer from Krasnodar was disqualified from competition due to an English-language inscription.
In Kuban, a young swimmer was disqualified from a competition due to the inscription on his swimming trunks in English. The organizers explained that the brand's manufacturer left the country after the start of the military operation in Ukraine, so competing in such swim trunks was "not allowed." The boy had planned to participate in the regional competition, according to a video published on the Telegram channel "Typical Krasnodar."
The athlete was disqualified from the championship just before the start. "They told him to turn his swimming cap inside out so the brand wouldn't be visible, but that wouldn't work with swimming trunks," his father said. According to the father, the child prepared for the competition by swimming six days a week.
The regional swimming federation, hearing that a journalist was calling, simply hung up. The regional deputy sports minister, Vyacheslav Nikitin, stated that he was "unaware of the incident," according to 93.ru.
The official competition regulations for boys and girls aged 12-13 do not contain any clauses restricting the use of logos of global sports brands on their uniforms.
The regional administration's press service explained that each swimsuit is permitted to have two logos, each no larger than 30 square centimeters. This is stipulated by the Swimming Rules approved by the Russian Ministry of Sports on January 23, 2026. The child was disqualified from the competition not because of the language, but because of the size of the logo. However, the regional championship regulations do not include these rules.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the relatives of a disabled teenager from Krasnodar received notice that he had been excluded from the national sledge hockey team, despite an expert assessment that ruled out any similarity between the athlete's gesture during the match and a Nazi salute. The teenager's family decided not to appeal the decision. Previously, the relatives of a 15-year-old disabled athlete from Krasnodar filed a complaint against the decision to disqualify the teenager until the end of the third round of the Russian sledge hockey championship for a gesture "resembling a Nazi salute." The relatives claim the teenager simply waved to someone in the stands and have commissioned an independent assessment of the match video. The teenager has become the target of online harassment. Experts found no signs of a Nazi salute in the young man's gesture.