Pole vault champion of Russia Polina Knoroz in an interview with , she told how she relates to the fact that the Board of the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) did not include her best result of the season (4.75 meters) in the international ranking.
Knoroz is the owner of the best result of the season in Russia. In June, at a competition in Cheboksary, she overcame the bar at a height of 4.75 meters. However, World Athletics did not reflect this result in their rankings.
– Your best result this season is 4.75 meters. But it does not appear in the world rankings, although athletes from other countries are present there. Does that bother you?
– Honestly no. It does not make me hot or cold. Yes, I was surprised at first, but in the end it didn’t affect me at all. Everyone knows she jumped 4.75. What difference does it make if they put it in the table or not?
– For some, this is an additional reason to talk about the discrimination of Russian athletes and the lack of respect for them.
– Before that, I was included in the World Athletics rankings. My next result at competitions is 4.65, which was also included there. Maybe the competitions where I jumped 4.75 didn’t pass by some criteria. Therefore, the result was not entered.
“You didn’t want to know why? Or ask the VFLA to fix the problem?
“No, there weren’t even such thoughts,” Knoroz told .
Source : MatchTV
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