Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation Tatiana Kirienko on the air of the show “There is a subject!” on , she said she did not condemn athletes who participate in international tournaments in neutral status.
“I have said and said, I express the general opinion of our boxing family: we do not judge anyone, everyone has their own opinion. The bottom line is that everyone’s circumstances are different. We are fortunate that Russian Umar Kremlev is the most effective sports official in the world and that under his leadership there are solutions that truly allow everyone to have equal opportunities. We are lucky that our boxing family remains homogeneous.
— How important is it for you to do everything with an eye on what is happening in the NOM area? How often do you think about it when making decisions?
“There hasn’t been a moment where we haven’t thought about it. » We have never hidden our attitude on this subject. We are close to our president, our government and our country. If not how? This is not considered any differently. We must overcome this and we will overcome all of this. We come together to do global things. We work a lot, all these projects are work. As the sports federation of our region, with such a vast geography of our country, we are raising boxing and preparing for the Far Eastern Economic Forum. There we will announce an absolutely fantastic new program for the development of boxing in the Far East region. We will surprise everyone.
At SPIEF, we are not just for show, we are all at work. We have business contacts and business programs. We are really attractive because we are open to collaboration. I repeat that I want to work and live, despite these difficulties. There have always been difficult times, but our country has lived under sanctions and no one has died. People have competed and trained, and now we are looking for new forms. With such a population density in the country, there is where and with whom to compete.
— Could we focus on Russian national tournaments?
– Of course, that’s what we did and what we are doing. We must remember the old, well-forgotten things. We had open rings, international match meetings, a student wave, schoolchildren, universities. This all still works. In June, the cadets will perform in Tula and boxing will be presented there for the first time. These are pre-university educational institutions where the whole world will be represented and there will be an anthem of the Russian Federation. It turns out that all this is possible, you just need to work,” Kirienko said on the air of the program “There is a topic!” on the channel.
The IOC announced in December 2023 that it would allow Russian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Olympics to benefit from 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.
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