International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics) President Sebastian Coe said several national federations had contacted World Athletics about participating in the Friendship Games.
— As for the Friendship Games, I don’t worry too much about it. Several federations made this request and we made it clear that this did not really correspond to our values and our competitive structure. I look at it from the perspective of an already complex and confusing timeline. So let’s leave everything as it is. But it’s not something we think about a lot,” Coe said at a news conference.
The first-ever World Friendship Games will be held from September 15 to 29, 2024 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. As previously learned, the IOC sent letters to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) at the end of October calling on them to refuse to participate in this tournament. Then, the Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Olivier Niggli, said that Russia did not have the right to organize the Friendship Games due to non-compliance by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) of the world anti-doping rules. Coded.
Source : MatchTV
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