Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, former WBA world boxing champion Nikolai Valuev told that the proposal of the committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to abolish handshakes would not find an echo with international federations.
Previously, the Youth and Sports Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proposed that international federations cancel mandatory handshakes and bows at competitions where Ukrainians face Russian or Belarusian athletes.
— The Verkhovna Rada can offer anything. The IOC itself makes decisions, guided by its own rules. This cannot find an answer, because it discriminates against a country’s athletes. This is absolutely against the rules, — said Valuev “”.
Source : MatchTV
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