Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Oleg Vernyaev can miss because of injuries all next season.

The head coach of the national team of Ukraine Gennady Sartinsky told about the injuries and plans of the gymnast.

"Oleg, probably, in January we will do operations on the shoulder and leg. Perhaps he will miss the whole next season. Half a year, for sure, he will not be able to train, but there we will already see how he will get the form.

He had a torn ligament on his leg, this Oleg before the Rio worried, but you could suffer. He already tore his shoulder this season and must be sewn. Now we have made an MRI and understand that we need to do an operation - this can not be avoided anywhere.. This is our sport, that you are always afloat, but then you need to take time out, "- said Sartinsky.

Recall at the World Championships in Montreal, Verniaev became second on the uneven bars, showed 7 results in the finals of the horse and was the 8th in the final of the all-round.