Saber fencer double Olympic champion Sophie Lokhanova (Pozdnyakova) on the air of the program Loud on spoke about the sanctions against Russian athletes.
At the end of February, the IOC called on international sports federations to withdraw athletes from Russia and Belarus from official competitions. In addition, the use of national symbols, colors, flags or anthems of Russia and Belarus is not permitted at international competitions.
– I started the season in December, and I didn’t have the opportunity to go to a stage that was still in January-February, so I don’t have such a sediment that: “Oh-oh- oh, how bad we didn’t take it.” There is hope that sooner or later they will let us in. It is not known in what capacity, but they will allow it,” Lokhanova said.
Source : MatchTV
