Boxer Vladimir Mazur on the air of the show “There is a theme!” on “” said that sport should be run by an apolitical organization, perhaps replacing the International Olympic Committee (IOC ).
On Thursday, the IOC announced that it was revoking the International Boxing Association (IBA), led by a Russian Umar Kremlev . The decision was made almost unanimously by a vote of IOC members. Previously, the IBA allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions with national symbols.
– Yesterday the IOC suspended the IBA, headed by Umar Kremlev. He is Russian and made sure the Russians performed with a flag and an anthem. At the World Cup, the Russians performed very well. This resulted in the abolition of the IBA. All this leads to the fact that a new organization will come to replace the IOC, which will make everything apolitical.
So, in the UFC, where the head of this organization, Dana White, said that Russians can play with a flag and an anthem. Because it’s a sport. Sport should be completely apolitical.
Russians under neutral flag, who have won medals, are rewarded by Vladimir Putin, and the whole world sees it, isn’t it enough for the whole world and the whole public to understand that this is Russia and here we win, that we are winners,” Mazur said on “.
IBA recognition was suspended in June 2019 by a decision of the IOC session for economic reasons and due to a management crisis in the organization. In June this year, the IOC Executive Board recommended to the organization’s session to withdraw recognition from the IBA, as the association did not meet the conditions necessary for the restoration proposed in December 2021. The Executive Board of the IOC also recommended that the session “in the interest of athletes and sport” keep boxing on the program of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
An alternative federation, World Boxing, was recently formed and several countries left the IBA to join the new organization.
Previously, IOC President Thomas Bach criticized political pressure on the organization to allow Russians to attend the Olympics. In his opinion, attempts to interfere in the work of the organization can lead to the collapse of the Olympic movement. In addition, Bach called Poland’s decision not to issue visas to Russian fencers discriminatory.
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Source : MatchTV
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