2012 Olympic judoka champion Arsene Galstian expressed hope that Russian athletes will be able to participate in the Games in Paris.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a hotline on Thursday that the Sports Ministry and the Russian Olympic Committee must analyze the conditions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) before making a decision on participation in the Summer Olympics. 2024 in Paris. Currently, Russian judokas have the opportunity to participate in international competitions as neutral individual athletes.
“We continue to do what we love and hope that our athletes will always perform well at the Games and that sport will continue to serve the cause of unification and friendship,” reports the correspondent, according to the words of Galstyan.
On December 8, the IOC announced that it would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics to have individual neutral status. In Paris, Russian and Belarusian athletes can only compete in neutral individual status (AIN), without flags, anthems and other national symbols. The IOC banned the participation of athletes associated with security forces or who had expressed support for the SVO.
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Source : MatchTV
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