Representatives of the aggressor country were not announced for the last selection before the games
Popen water catchers and divers from Russia will not perform at Olympic Games 2024, which will be held in Paris this summer. According to media reports, representatives of the aggressor country not entered into the World Championships in aquatics, starting in Qatar on February 2, which is the last qualifying tournament for the Olympics.
The 2024 World Cup in Doha is the second qualifying tournament for the Games. The first – also the World Championship – was held last year in Japan. Representatives of the aggressor country allowed him through due to non-admission by the International Aquatics Federation.
Now she has allowed Russians to compete at the World Championships in a neutral status, provided that the athletes did not and do not support the large-scale war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. None of the representatives of the aggressor country submitted applications.
Earlier, Ukrainian athletes appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castery and Chairman of the 2024 Olympics Organizing Committee Tony Estangue with letter of appeal.
In it, the most famous representatives of Ukrainian sports draw the attention of politicians and functionaries to the fact that none of the Russian athletes openly condemned the war, and also provide evidence of support for aggression against Ukraine by “neutral” Russians admitted to the 2024 Olympic Games (for example, Olympic champions Vladislav Larin, Zaurbek Sidakov and Zaur Uguev).
In early December, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to admit participants from Russia and Belarus in the status of “individual neutral athletes” to the 2024 Olympic Games. Acting Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Matvey Bedny called the IOC decision “irresponsible.”
IOC President Thomas Bach previously called Ukraine’s position, which opposed the admission of all athletes from aggressor countries, “unconstructive,” and then said that he “is not afraid of a boycott of the 2024 Olympic Games by Ukraine.”
The head of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine, Vadim Gutzeit, spoke about plans to assemble his own admission database regarding “neutral” athletes admitted to the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early in the morning of February 24, 2022, Russia fired rockets and aerial bombardment of most Ukrainian cities, and then launched a full-scale military invasion. The war against Russia has continued for the 693rd day.
Source: Sportarena
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