Earlier it became known that the IOC will discuss the participation of Russian athletes in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on March 19.
“What is going on with the Olympic movement? We are constantly being pressured not to go to the Olympics. They don’t want to see Russian athletes raise the flag after victory. This is incredibly offensive to the actions of the IOC.
They have a very great fear of our athletes,” Valuev noted in an interview with a Sport24 correspondent.
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Source: Sport
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