“My name is Maria Lasitskene and I am the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion. I don’t think you know who I am, because lately, judging by your statements and actions, you are closer to politics only athletes and sports. In the past 7 for about four years I have not had the opportunity to participate in international competitions. The only complaint against me is a Russian passport and you get away with it. You have says you suspended our athletes for our own safety, but that is not true. Tennis players prove it. People don’t care about nationality. I have no doubt that you will not have the courage and dignity to remove the punishment of Russian athletes. But I ask you not to offload your responsibility by talking about “taking care of Russian athletes,” Lasitskene wrote.
Recall that earlier Thomas Bach condemned the decision of Wimbledon organizers not to let Russian tennis players into the tournament.
Source: Sport
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