Russian wrestlers will consider the possibility of participating in the Summer Olympics in Paris, despite the restrictions, the president of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) said. Mikhail Mamiashvili .
— The Russian Wrestling Federation fully supports the policy of the President of Russia, and Russian wrestlers will consider the possibility of participating in the Olympic Games to prove that despite all the difficulties, restrictions and sanctions, medals from the leading world sports forums will still go to the strongest power – Russia. But in order to make a decision on participation in the Olympic Games, you must first obtain the right to participate in them on a sporting basis, which Russian wrestlers do today at a licensed tournament.
I would like to emphasize that at present we are not talking about participation in the Olympic Games, but about obtaining the right to participate in them. And Russian wrestlers, on the basis of sporting principles, are allowed to qualify and, on the basis of sporting principles, they compete for the right to be among the participants in the main sporting event of the four years, and after that, we will decide whether to participate or not. to the Games on the basis of the criteria which will be proposed by the International Olympic Committee.
We will not enter into quarrels with many respected specialists, war correspondents and other citizens with a patriotic position, but only emphasize that each of us does our own work, strives to win, but in our own industry. And Abdulrashid Sadulayev is the pride of Russian sports, a patriot of Russia, an athlete who more than once raised the Russian flag in various sports arenas during the anthem of the Russian Federation, and there is no question about this and there cannot be any. “, Mamiashvili was quoted as saying by the press service of the FSBR.
Thursday, we learned that the International Olympic Committee (CIO ) did not allow the double Olympic champion Abdulrashida Sadulayev before the licensed tournament for the 2024 Olympic Games for political reasons. Mamiashvili told that the FSBI would challenge the decision.
The IOC announced in December 2023 that it would allow Russian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Olympics to have individual neutral status without a flag, anthem or other national symbol. The IOC also banned the participation of athletes associated with security forces or who have expressed support for the SVO.
The Summer Olympics will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
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