FIG clears Vera Kiryashova of judging impropriety

   Coach and judge Vera Kiryashova with one of her world champion gymnasts, Tatiana Nabiyeva

TASS (Albert Starodubtsev) reports that Russian WAG judge Vera Kiryashova has been cleared of biased judging at last year's World Championships.  The well known judge, also coach to champions Tatiana Nabiyeva and Elena Eremina, stood accused by the Women's Technical Committee of overscoring the beam routines of Maria Kharenkova, Seda Tutkhalyan and Viktoria Komova.   All expenses were reimbursed in respect of the disciplinary hearing (1,000 Swiss Francs).

Olympic licenses have already been handed out to judges, and Mrs Kiryashova was denied hers in favour of her compatriot Maria Ulyankina (personal coach to Maria Paseka and Seda Tutkhalyan) pending the result of the disciplinary hearing.  She says that she will not pursue its reinstatement as that would involve denying her colleague the opportunity to judge at the Games.  'I was banned from the Olympics before any investigations had taken place', said Kiryashova, 'even though my work to date had been rated as excellent by the FIG'.

Vera Kiryashova was assigned to work as an execution judge in team qualifications at Glasgow Worlds.  Details of the WTC's allegations were made available to Kiryashova in a letter of 25th March.  The disciplinary hearing took place in Lausanne on 11th May.  

Source - http://tass.ru/sport/3339206