Olympic silver medalist in cross-country skiing Alexander Panjinsky on the air of the program “There is a theme!” on the channel “”, said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is interested in the return of Russian athletes to international competitions.
Earlier, the IOC announced that it would consider the possibility of admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to world starts in a neutral status, who did not actively support the CBO. IOC chief Thomas Bach has admitted that Russians could participate in the Paris Olympics without national symbols. On February 2, the committee noted that this matter had not yet been discussed and that the organization still did not have criteria according to which individual admission to competitions could be made.
– In my opinion, the IOC is looking for a way out of a difficult situation. The Committee understands that the ratings of the Olympics are down, the attitude towards them has changed over the last two or three Games. Russia does not need to turn away from the IOC, it must engage in dialogue.
Members of the Russian team must compete with the best in the world. Skipping two or three seasons will not hit us, on the contrary, it will lift the youth, but it is not worth going “to the bank”. For example, it makes no sense for us to go skiing in Asia,” Panzhinsky said.
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Source : MatchTV
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