“The Olympic Games are for exceptional athletes, not for those who simply want to get there by any means possible, taking advantage of the current situation. This is extremely wrong. Tomorrow it could happen that an athlete who takes thirtieth place at the Russian Olympics Championships and will never make the team, suddenly wants to go to the Olympics.
What exactly are we talking about? We must have some moral principles. I no longer want to remember how our best young athletes die for our flag, our anthem and our homeland. And then an athlete appears who just wants to participate in the Olympic Games without a flag or anthem. Is this normal? Have we already forgotten what the Motherland is? Those who decide to go there will regret it in the future. This is what the IOC and Europe are trying to achieve: to create divisions among our people. If we participate, it will only be when the flag and the anthem are returned to us and equal conditions are ensured,” Rodionenko said, according to RIA Novosti.
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Source: Sport
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