Athletistic/ Others. Today, March 19, the IOC released a statement on the Friendship Games in Russia. The organization called for a boycott and accused Russia of politicizing the sport. The honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova spoke about this.
– This statement is completely ugly. The IOC exists to encourage athletes to compete, not to cancel them. We were punished, we have not participated anywhere for a year and a half, but punishing us twice for the same thing is wrong, ”SE said, quoting Tarasova.
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