“Now we don’t have any documents on the admission criteria for the Asian Games” – Head of the Russian Diving Federation

President of the Russian Diving Federation Stanislav Druzhinin on the Loud program on , he said that the organization had not received any documents containing criteria for the admission of athletes to the Asian Games.

On Saturday, it was learned that the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) had voted for the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2023 Asian Summer Games in a neutral status and outside the count of medals. The total number of athletes must not exceed 500 people.

– We are ready. We are constantly preparing, we are ready to participate in all international competitions. Fit athletes. As for the Asian Games, the strongest athletes in the world are China. We have been working on this story for a long time. We received an invitation to participate in these games five months ago. Specifically riders. The only thing is that we consulted with the ROC and understood that there had to be some kind of common position. But, unfortunately, there was no writing on the criteria. The problem is that even now we have no documents. If the Olympic Council of Asia will be guided by the criteria proposed by the IOC, then how can we do it? Druzhinin said in the Loud program on .

On March 28, the IOC announced recommendations on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions in a neutral status. Recommendations include individual eligibility, status neutrality, banning team sports, and banning athletes associated with security forces or who have expressed support for the CWO. A decision on the Paris 2024 Olympics will be taken “at the appropriate time”, said the IOC.

The 2023 Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8.