Author: Rainbow Kursk
There is a well-known "King Kong Barbie" in Russia, who was already the world record holder for 4 female teenager bench presses at the age of 16!
She is the Russian athlete Marianne Nova. This little sister who has been practicing fitness and weightlifting since she was a child, with an angelic sweet face and a Kongo Lux-like arm bend, is a real "King Kong Barbie". However, she was banned by the relevant sports companies in the United States for personally visiting the battlefield of East Ukraine and helping the local schools in the war to carry out sports, and even listed as a terrorist by the Ukrainian government!
Photo: Marianne Novonova "little friend" wearing a red scarf performing a Young Pioneer salute.
Image: Marianne Nova, who grew up practicing bodybuilding and weightlifting, took part in competitions holding the Soviet flag.
The incident actually took place between 2014 and 2015.
At that time, relations between Russia and Ukraine began to be tense, and the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Donbass regions in eastern Ukraine began to organize armed forces to fight against the Ukrainian government forces. The war completely destroyed the lives of the locals, and even the education of children was suspended due to the destruction of many schools in the war.
Marianna Nova was only 16 years old at the time, but she was already a very famous sports star. At this time, she suddenly had a bold idea, that is, to go to the Dongwu area where the battlefield is located to help local children develop sports.
Image: King Kong Barbie Marianne Nova.
Photo: Marianne Nova's fame is still very loud in the local area, and she is escorted by local armed personnel.
According to later news reports, Marianne Nova went to many places where fighting broke out.
According to the local sports ministry, in October and December 2014, she visited schools and sports centers in Donetsk and Luhansk, where she helped host children's sports events, revived children's sports classes, and provided humanitarian support.
Photo: Marianna Nova helps local schoolgirls practice lifting weights.
Marianne Nova also visited many battlefields and saw brutal battles led by many local children. She saw destroyed houses, destroyed Ukrainian government tanks, and took photos with some of them wreckage and captured tanks.
However, this move angered the Ukrainian government. Since the tanks in some of the photos she took were basically T-64 tanks of the Ukrainian government army, it caused a negative impact. For this, Ukraine stripped her of the sports awards and titles she won in the country and put her and her coaching staff on the "terrorist list."
Photo: Marianna Nova taking photos on the battlefields of Eastern Ukraine.
Image: Marianna Nova with local children, followed by a destroyed Ukrainian government army T-64 main battle tank.
Photo: Marianna Nova with the captured Ukrainian T-64BV main battle tank, three white poles are the identification marks of the Ukrainian army at that time.
It is precisely because of this trip to Dongwu that Marianne Nova has brought endless trouble.
Not only did she and her coach form a "terrorist" listed by the Ukrainian government, but an American sports nutrition company that later funded the athlete finally signed a contract with her, and her father, Alexander Nomov, also gave an interview to Moscow TELEVISION to tell the audience about it. In addition, Marianne Nova was also turned away by Australia, and the United States also explicitly did not allow the "King Kong Barbie" to compete in the United States.
Photo: Marianne Nova, who continues to keep moving.
Not discouraged, though, Marianne Nova continued her movement, and the United States later loosened its visa restrictions on her.
Interestingly, at a later fitness show in Ohio, she met the old man of the fitness industry, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and handed him a letter from the Children of Donbass.
After so many years, the situation in Russia and Ukraine is now tense again, reminding people of this "King Kong Barbie" sister again!
Photo: Marianna Nomowa poses with Arnold Schwarzenegger and gives him a letter from a donbass child.