The Russian champion showed what kind of cockroaches they feed the Russian national team at their base in the Moscow region. Photo

Polina Knoroz, the Russian champion (2023) and two-time Russian indoor champion (2022, 2023) in gesture jumping, showed her dinner at the Novogorsk training center in the Khimki district of Moscow Region. In a short video that appeared on social media, you can see a cockroach.

The girl's plate, along with fried potatoes and herring, had a free-flowing prussicle on it, causing a violent reaction from the athlete's tablemates.

"Our wonderful dinner at the federal base in the Novogorsk sports center," the athlete wrote.

Polina Knoroz is the daughter of Anna Knoroz (Chuprina), a former 400-meter hurdles runner, 1991 world champion, multiple Russian champion, and 1996 Olympic Games participant.

On July 4, 2021, Polina won the pole vault at the Diamond League stage in Stockholm, clearing the bar at 4.71 meters.

In February 2022, she won the Russian Indoor Championships. Then she became a silver medalist at the Russian Summer Championships.

In March 2023, she won the Russian Indoor Championships with a mark of 4.70 m, and in August she won the Russian Championships.

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