Three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov were due to present the ‘Best Athlete of the 2022 Olympics’ award, the presenter and commentator told Dmitri Guberniev .
The Association of National Olympic Committees on Wednesday recognized South Korean short tracker Hwang Dae Hong as the best athlete of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. He won the 1500m and silver in the relay.
“The decision is strange, because Bolshunov is the best athlete of the 2022 Olympics,” Guberniev told . – Maybe Asian solidarity played, but Alexander won at all distances, won three gold medals and became the “king of skis”. With all due respect to the Korean’s successes, even the most notorious Russophobes see Bolshunov’s merits.
— Was there a political context in the decision-making?
– You can research politics here all you want, but anyone who understands winter sports understands everything. It was possible to award a prize to Fillon Maillet, Klebo, who showed himself superbly, you can still name several outstanding names, but even they, compared to Bolshunov, should be in lower places.
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