Athletistic/ Others. Not so long ago, Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasitskene sent a letter to the head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach. She expressed her dissatisfaction with the withdrawal of Russian athletes on a national basis. Ukrainian athlete Yulia Levchenko reacted to such an act of Lasitskene. She was extremely unhappy about this.

– We supported you as best we could. At the cost of their own reputation, did not lose compassion. I wanted to believe in the idea “not everyone is like that”. Even when you were not allowed to participate in international competitions because of the rules violated by your country. And when they did, I personally sincerely sympathized, wished me good luck. It is not a sport outside of politics or politics in sport. this [нецензурное слово] human lives! Life! It is the most precious! These are not medals and records! Levchenko wrote on social networks.

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