President of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) Mikhail Mamiashvili told that the Greco-Roman wrestler Georgiy Tibilov received approval from the federation to join the Serbian national team three years ago.
On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the change of sports citizenship of Tibilov, cyclist Valeria Lyubimova and cyclist Mikhail Yakovlev without the approval of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and without the standard three-year quarantine.
— Tibilov’s transfer to the Serbian national team required the agreement of the FSBR, which he obtained three years ago. It was an agreed question, after all, the country is friendly, Tibilov had the desire to overcome the SVO and the restrictions of the IOC. In recent years he was not a member of the Russian national team, he was not part of the team, but there was a desire to continue his career, this is normal.
— Was ROC’s consent required for this transition?
“No, it’s a special case,” Mamiashvili told .
Tibilov represented Serbia at the 2023 World Championships, where he took third place.
The IOC suspended membership in the ROC in October due to the inclusion of the Olympic councils of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions in the ROC. It was reported that the IOC reserves the right to decide on the admission of individual Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in neutral status.
Source : MatchTV
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