Swimming coach Chepik is adamantly against participating in the Asian Games in neutral status based on IOC recommendations

Head coach of the Russian national swimming team Sergei Chepik said in a interview that he was against athletes’ participation in the Asian Games, as admission would be based on the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee.

On Saturday July 9, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that it would allow Russian athletes to participate in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows them to participate in the Olympic Games. summer of Paris 2024. Olympics. If approved by the IOC, no more than 500 athletes from 12 individual sports from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the competition, which will run from September 23 to October 8.

– The Olympic Council of Asia allowed us on the basis of the implementation of the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee – the rejection of the flag, the anthem, with the condemnation of the NWO. I am categorically against participating in the Asian Games under these conditions. It is a humiliation of the country, of the athletes, of the national team. This topic is not exaggerated in our team, everyone understands perfectly.

– Who will perform at the games of the CIS countries?

– There will be a junior team.

– Is the Champions Cup a start for the leaders of Kemerovo?

— Yes, only adult athletes will go to Kemerovo. During the Champions Cup, they will have the opportunity at the height of the season, after the final of the Russian Cup, to show a good result and win some nice bonuses. The ability to keep the result in two consecutive competitions is what you need to be able to do. Previously, they pointed the finger at the West, they talked about the number of departures. Here you have starts, there is a good prize fund. No one is against it, Chepik told .