State Duma Deputy Nikolai Valuev on the air of the show “There is a subject!” on he said that Russia, against the background of the events taking place in the Olympic movement, for a while will have to develop sports only within the country.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) issued a statement on Friday saying that at present there is no point in interacting with the European Olympic Committees (EOC), since the agenda for the meeting of the The organization’s current General Assembly does not include the question of ending discrimination against Russian athletes.
The EOC General Assembly takes place Friday and Saturday in Istanbul. The ROC received an invitation to participate in the event, but did not register any representatives.
— Officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) try to sit on two chairs. Sooner or later they will make a mistake, as the Olympics get closer.
I believe that our athletes must go to the Olympic Games, but with the appropriate opportunities. But today, this window of opportunity is closed to us. That is why Pozdniakov did not attend the meeting of the General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul. This is a harbinger that for some time we will participate in sports within the country through friendly countries.
Boris Skrynnik was expelled from the International Bandy Federation and now only manages Russian bandy. Today, this sport is developing locally in Scandinavian countries. But in our country this sport is so popular that in many cities it collects much more than the puck.
Following this example, we must raise the prestige of national competitions so that the level of results of our athletes is not worse than that of athletes from other countries at international tournaments. It is possible, history shows it.
If our athletes want to prove themselves on the international stage, they will have to make difficult choices. I hope they will not be marginalized. But mass sport, which determines the health of the nation and the attitude to everything that happens in the country and in the world, is a task of the state, this task is much more important than any international competition or world championship,” Valuev said on . .
At the end of March, the IOC announced recommendations regarding the individual admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions. Recommendations include a neutral status, banning participation in team sports, and banning the participation of athletes associated with security forces or who have expressed support for the SVO. On October 1 and 2, the IOC Athletes’ Commission met in Lausanne, during which it discussed, among other things, recommendations for the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes. During the meeting, it was proposed to send Russians to the refugee team at the 2024 Olympics.
Source : MatchTV
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