Runner Konstantin Krylov said he was not very worried about Russian athletes not being allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics.
On Sunday, Krylov won the BRICS Games in Kazan over a distance of 200 meters with a result of 20.63 seconds.
— Russians were allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics in some sports, but Russian athletics had no such luck.
— The BRICS Games is my first international participation, so I wasn’t particularly worried that we wouldn’t be allowed to participate in the Olympics. I still can’t imagine that I will go to the Olympics.
— Our world leaders Shubenkov and Lasitskene, for example, were left without the Olympics.
“They probably experience the non-admission as a tragedy.” And me, not really. But I would like to see our athletes at the Paris Olympic Games. At the same time, even without our athletes, I will watch the Games, I am especially interested in sprinting, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Krylov’s words.
Russian track and field athletes have been suspended from international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine by decision of the World Athletics Association.
The BRICS Games take place in the capital of Tatarstan from June 12 to 23.
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Source : MatchTV
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