Sanctions against Russian athletes are a violation of the principles of the Olympic movement, the heads of sports organizations should resign “for the benefit of world sport”, says the honored coach of the USSR Tatiana Tarasova .
At the end of February, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC ) recommended that sports federations prevent Russians and Belarusians from participating in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
– From now on sport and politics are synonymous words. It’s very bad, it shouldn’t be like that. Before our eyes, all the principles of the Olympic movement are being killed. While the head of the IOC (Thomas Bach – editor’s note) is committed and thinks above all about politics, and not sport, so do not expect anything good. All of these people should retire for the benefit of world sport, Sport24 Tarasova quotes.
In June, Bach said it was not yet time to withdraw recommendations to suspend Russian athletes due to the situation in Ukraine, but it was important to remember the sport’s unifying mission.
sport24.ru
Source : MatchTV
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