Jean recalled the need to remove the Russians until the end of the war
Champion of the 2020 Olympics and deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Jean Beleniuk criticized the world sports community and IOC President Thomas Bach in particular for the lack of a firm position on Russian athletes.
“We are very concerned about the latest trends in the sports world, starting with the statement of IOC President Thomas Bach at the session of the International Olympic Committee that “this war was not started by the Russian people, Russian athletes, not the Russian Olympic Committee or IOC members in Russia”, ending with those trends , which we can track in international sports federations,” Beleniuk said.
“Yesterday my colleague Georgy Zantaraya announced that Russian athletes have registered for the tournament in Ulaanbaatar under the neutral status of a candidate. [под флагом федерации]. Giorgi made a statement that he would give up all his titles and the title of world champion if the International Judo Federation still allowed these athletes to participate in the tournament.
“Events like this make you think. What is the reason for this change of position? Is the war over in Ukraine and people are not dying?”.
“We must continue to work at the level of international federations and the IOC, otherwise in the near future we will be able to see athletes from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus again in the international sports arena, despite the war in Ukraine. We need a tough position of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, and the work of each athlete at the level of their federations.”
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine continues on its 108th day.
Source: Sportarena
