World rapid and blitz chess champion Sergei Karyakin told that Russian athletes were not obliged to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided to disqualify the figure skater Kamila Valieva.
On Monday, the CAS disqualified the Russian for four years and withdrew all awards from her as of December 25, 2021. Valieva was found guilty of violating anti-doping rules; his doping test at the 2022 Russian Championship returned a positive result for banned trimetazidine. Valieva’s disqualification also led to a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians receive bronze.
— How did you perceive the verdict against figure skater Kamila Valieva?
– Of course, this is negative news. Very unpleasant. Once again, this is a politically motivated decision against Russia. But I think this can serve as a lesson to all of us: we are not welcome abroad. We are not expected at the Olympic Games, which are only described as world games. But in fact, this is already an absolutely politicized tournament, for which there are first-class countries, and then there is everyone else. This is why I think there is simply no need to go to the Paris Olympics. This is my personal opinion. We just need to develop the sport in the country and organize alternative competitions,” Karyakin told .
On Saturday, Karyakin held a simultaneous gaming session with hockey players and coaches of the St. Petersburg SKA, as well as young students of the Red Machine Junior hockey school. SKA hockey players Alexander Nikishin, Stepan Starkov, Sergei Tolchinsky and Vasily Glotov took part in the match. It took place as part of the presentation of the “Chess and Hockey” project.
The Summer Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11 in Paris.
Source : MatchTV
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