Russian Olympic champion gymnast Karolina Sevastyanova has precipitated a stir on social media after sharing an image during which she seems with Final Combating Championship (UFC) star Conor McGregor.
The 25-year-old posted a photograph on Instagram during which she’s hugging the well-known Irishman. He, in the meantime, struck a preventing pose.
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The world and Olympic gold medalist, who lives in Monaco, didn’t reveal the place she met the world-renowned fighter, however, given her cocktail gown, Sevastyanova’s followers have prompt it was at an official occasion attended by the 2 sport stars.
The gymnast’s put up triggered an avalanche of feedback in response, with some customers making reference to Russian UFC light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“Inform him Khabib’s higher,” one individual wrote.
“I assumed it was Photoshopped!” one other person added.
“The Olympic champion and a few fan who requested for her autograph,” one other follower joked.
“Is that actually Conor?” one remark learn.
Sevastyanova retired from skilled sports activities after scooping gold within the group occasion on the 2012 Olympics in London.
Residents of the Commonwealth of Impartial States who took half in a ballot carried out in the course of the London Olympics named her essentially the most lovely feminine athlete collaborating in that 12 months’s Video games.
A number of years in the past, she was rumored to be courting Russian ice hockey star Alexander Ovechkin. His break-up with tennis participant Maria Kirilenko was attributed to Sevastyanova – Kirilenko known as off their engagement after photos of her fiance spending time with the previous gymnast emerged on social media.
McGregor, in the meantime, stays out of motion following his announcement that he had retired from competitors. Few individuals appear to consider the Dubliner, nevertheless, with some anticipating him to agree a UFC combat in opposition to Jorge Masvidal or Nate Diaz later in 2020.
