Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, former WBA world champion Nikolai Valuev on the air of the program “There is a theme” on , he declared that the Russians were systematically pressured to boycott the Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced at the end of March recommendations on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions. Recommendations include individual clearance, status neutrality, a ban on team sports, and a ban on athletes associated with security forces or who have expressed support for the CWO. No decision has yet been made regarding the 2024 Games.
On Monday, the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) published admission criteria in line with IOC recommendations. In addition, neutral athletes are prohibited from communicating with the media at World Aquatics competitions and there is a limit to the number of athletes entered in the bid for a distance.
– The Russian virtual team is reduced to a minimum size. How will the French present at the Games be able to build separate areas for Russians and Belarusians? Our athletes will still enter the common area. Everything is difficult, impossible.
More interested in how long we will have to boycott the Olympics ourselves? There are now individual athletes, many of whom are supportive of law enforcement.
As soon as we agree that at least someone will go, then they will start kicking out the other few. We don’t need to delude ourselves and rush into our emotions.
Soon there will be impossible conditions for individual athletes. And the Olympic Games will become inaccessible to Russians and Belarusians. What should we do? File a complaint because what is happening does not comply with the charters. All dispute filings must be in our hands. But for a while, we’ll have to forget the OI.
We have not fully accomplished the tasks set by the President at the front. Many thanks to the hockey players for the post. Today, as there are fewer and fewer illusions about international competitions, more and more athletes will speak specifically in this direction. It will be like an avalanche. I’m not talking about our football players, but our hockey players are very interesting. Athletes are opinion leaders. IOC officials will increasingly hear our position and speak out politically in desperation. It is a question of the near future.
They say kindness should be done with the fists. But the IOC did not sanction the Asian Games either. And the Asian countries could not refuse the IOC, because they would have suffered because of Russia. That’s why we’re talking about courts here, not because we love them so madly, this CIO. Everyone here would give Thomas Bach a light slap in the face. I would personally deal with someone from the international federations, but not publicly,” Valuev said on .
The Olympic Games in the French capital will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Source : MatchTV
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