Russian swimming champ fired from job after airport mask row

Russian swimming champ Vitalina Simonova says she has lost her job and has appealed to the public to help her "defend her rights" amid an expensive legal battle after her coach was detained following a mask row at an airport.

Three-time world finswimming queen Simonova, who is also a European bronze medalist, was heading back from the Russian Short Course Championships in St. Petersburg with her