It is humiliating and unacceptable for a famous Russian athlete to perform in a neutral status and sign certain declarations in order to participate in the Olympic Games, the chairman of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture and the sports. Dmitry Svishchev commenting on the decision of the double Olympic swimming champion Evgenia Rylova don’t go to the Games in Paris.
On Sunday, Rylov said on that he was not going to follow the example of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and refused to travel to the Paris Olympics.
— Evgeny Rylov is not the first to express such a position. You must respect his opinion. For many of our famous athletes to perform in a neutral status and sign statements proving that they have nothing to do with CSKA, Dynamo, is unacceptable and humiliating. Beginning athletes are in a different situation. They dream of going to the Olympic Games. It’s a difficult question: to go or not to go. The ROC and the Ministry of Sports plan to hold consultations on whether our athletes will participate. It is absolutely not possible to boycott the Games, otherwise the IOC could suspend the team for two Olympic cycles. It seems to me that we must continue the dialogue with the IOC and prove that we must be fully admitted to the Olympic Games, like athletes from other countries. Otherwise, the athletes themselves begin to refuse to participate. Is this normal? The Olympic Games are organized not for the sake of the officials, but for the sake of the athletes. Officials must do everything to make athletes feel safe, comfortable and able to compete for their country. But the IOC got carried away and followed the example of its global sponsors,” Svishchev told .
On December 8, the IOC announced that it would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics to have individual neutral status. In Paris, Russian and Belarusian athletes can only compete without a flag, anthem and other national symbols. The IOC banned the participation of athletes associated with security forces or who have expressed support for the CBO.
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Source : MatchTV
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