If the world record holder in swimming Evgenia Chikunova does not want to participate in the Olympics, she does not have to go to Paris, the attitude towards this is normal, people who feel that they can win, of course, should go, said the honored coach of the USSR on Tatyana Tarasova .
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’m completely normal about it.” If an athlete doesn’t want to, he doesn’t have to go. But when a person has been preparing for 4 years, and before that he still has 16 years left, he will go of course. He is sure that he is doing everything right – well, that’s good.
Why did she go to the Olympics then? This means that there are things we don’t know. People who feel they can win should of course go for it,” Tarasova 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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