Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Weightlifting Federation Alexei Bezborodov believes that the proposal of the head of the Russian Weightlifting Federation Maxim Agapitov to hold online competitions with compliance with the requirements of international tournaments does not doesn’t seem realistic.
– It is rather an attempt to force the international federation to admit that the exclusion of Russians from tournaments is not related to security. Get the real reasons. That’s all. It is unlikely that we plan to make and sustain such a start. Although a mixed format is possible. Of course, anything can happen. The IWF has long spoken of the need for change. Perhaps, under this pretext, they will try to get online, – quotes RT Bezborodov.
Russian athletes have been suspended from participating in international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.
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Source : MatchTV
