The head coach of the Ukrainian boxing team commented on the initiatives of the international leaders.
The boxing team of Ukraine is not where the international officials will allow the representatives of the aggressor countries to perform. This was announced by the head coach of the team, Dmitry Sosnovsky.
According to the specialist, he did not like the latest decisions of the International Boxing Association, which allowed Russians and Belarusians to compete, and the intentions of the IOC to do the same at the Olympics.
Therefore, Ukrainian athletes will continue to perform only in tournaments where there are no representatives from Russia and Belarus.
“From the beginning, we made a decision for ourselves, for the men’s and women’s teams, and there is an appeal to the IOC that we will not participate in which the Russians and Belarusians will perform. Morally, this does not put pressure on us, because Russia is an aggressor country , which kills our people, relatives, friends, comrades, friends, students, so it is not ambiguous.
My personal opinion is that if the Russians and Belarusians are admitted to the World Cup, we should not participate in it indefinitely. There are team opinions that you have to go out, compete and win. My opinion, supported by the team in principle, is where they are going, we are not. There are no Russians and Belarusians at the European Games, so we are preparing and going,” said Sosnovsky.
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Source: korrespondent
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