President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach, with a statement on the status of neutral athletes, tries to find traitors among Russian athletes, the principles of Olympism are based on other things, the Olympic champion, president of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) told Mikhail Mamiashvili.
On Friday, Bach, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, said that Russian athletes who do not support the special operation in Ukraine should be able to participate in international competitions in a neutral status. At the end of February, the IOC recommended that sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the starts.
– I strongly doubt that the principles of Olympism rest on betrayal, and the IOC is trying to find Judas. Do they need to swear on blood to show that a person is a traitor? I’m not sure anyone in our federation wants to sign such a document,” Mamiashvili told .
Source : MatchTV
