Russian athletes should only participate in international competitions with their own flag and anthem, admission under a neutral flag is discrimination, and Russians should defend their position on the international sports scene, says honored basketball coach -ball to . Sergei Elevitch .
Earlier it was reported that the IOC took the conditions for forming a “refugee team” as the basis for the principle of admitting Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Earlier, the IOC announced that Russians could only be admitted to the Games in neutral status under certain conditions and only in individual sports. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told that the possible admission of Russian athletes under the conditions of the “refugee team” is a project of the American special services.
– Our country is Russia, and our athletes must play with the Russian flag and the Russian anthem. To be allowed under a neutral flag is discrimination. Yes, the athlete has a small age. But we are talking about something else now. Do they want to form a “team of refugees”? We have to prove to all these goats that we will hold out until the end. We are now fighting for people to understand that it is Russia, and if an athlete drops out and God knows which flag to compete in, then what?! It is not normal! To deprive a country which is in the top ten of the strongest in the world of the flag and the anthem during competitions is pure idiocy! What are they and who do they prove to? Do they want to bring us to our knees? They won’t deliver anything and they won’t get anything.
And there is no point in sport without our athletes! And everyone is talking about it. Well, you won in figure skating and gymnastics, but you can’t compete without our athletes! They have no competition,” Yelevich told a correspondent.
The Summer Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Source : MatchTV
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