Swimming world record holder Evgenia Chikunova does not know what he is doing by refusing to participate in the Olympics, declares the host and commentator of the channel Dmitry Guberniev .
Earlier, in an interview with , 19-year-old Chikunova said that she refused to participate in the Olympics because she considered the admission conditions unacceptable.
— I will respond to Evgenia Chikunova with Nikita Mikhalkov’s phrase from his first film “One among strangers, a stranger among his own.” When Kaidanovsky came to join Brylov’s gang, Mikhalkov said: “You know, I don’t believe you. At all”. I think someone clouded her brain, the outstanding athlete Evgenia Chikunova, whom I respect. She just doesn’t know what she is doing. I feel sorry for her.
No one in the country is against participation in the Olympic Games. Neither the management nor the fans. There is a group of aggressive people. Chikunova finished fourth at the Olympics twice and had a chance to win. If she doesn’t want to, that’s her business. I can only feel sorry for her. I think it’s a strange excuse on his part,” Guberniev told .
In December 2023, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the organization would grant individual neutral status to Russian and Belarusian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Summer Games. will be able to perform in Paris without a flag, anthem and other national symbols. At the same time, a special commission checks the compliance of Russian athletes with the criteria for admission to the Games.
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
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