Two-time Russian judo champion Alice Startseva said on that she was disappointed to have missed the Paris Olympics, but in the future she plans to participate in the Games and win a medal. gold.
Startseva is 23 years old, she is a double national judo champion (2023, 2024).
— If we talk now, then yes, I see myself at the Olympics. With a gold medal, of course. But this is no longer a dream, but a logical conclusion of the Olympic cycle. I now have more goals for the European Championships and the World Championships. I put all my strength into it. It’s more realistic than (going to) the Olympics. “I believed a lot in these Olympic Games, but I was very disappointed,” Startseva said on the air of the program “Everyone for the match!” on the channel.
At the end of June, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) authorized four Russian judokas to participate in the Paris Summer Olympics in neutral status. The list included: Valery Endovitsky, Alice Startseva, Dali Liluashvili and Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov. Later, the President of the Russian Judo Federation, Igor Soloveichik, announced that Russian judokas would not participate in the 2024 Games. The Olympics ended on August 11.
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