Bronze medalist at the 2023 World Boxing Championships Vsevolod Shumkov replied that for him, the gold medal at the Olympic Games is a dream.
— I have never hidden the fact that I have always dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion. Of course, at the amateur level this is the main award and every athlete wants to win it. But the importance of winning the World Championship should not be underestimated. Some believe that the level of competition at these competitions is even slightly higher than at the Games. After the elimination, not all top athletes make it, unlike the same World Cup. What is most valuable, I think, is the Olympic medal,” Shumkov said, as quoted by RT.
On December 8, the IOC announced that it would allow Russian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 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.
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