“Be careful, there are no symbols here. Such a reading would be the biggest mistake. The admission of Russian athletes to the Olympics in this situation is an advertisement for Russian politics.
Fourcade called for the participation of Russian athletes in the Paris Olympics
And the athletes? Sport and politics are part of everyday life. Everything we do is purely political. Politics is in the locker room, politics is in the little kids in the sand. Therefore, I completely disagree with someone saying that politics and sports are not related.
At this point, I would devote all my energy to ensuring that Russian participation in the Olympics is out of the question. And it doesn’t matter, with a flag, an anthem or without an anthem,” Seznam Zpravy quoted Hasek as saying.
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