Double Olympic figure skating champion Evgeny Plushenko said that in the current situation he would go to the Olympics with a neutral status and prove that he is the best.
In February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that sports federations not allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in international tournaments. Later, the recommendations were softened, and in December 2023, IOC chief Thomas Bach said that the organization would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who had passed the selection process to the 2024 Summer Games in an individual neutral status. The athletes will be able to perform in Paris without a flag, anthem, and other national symbols.
—Would you go to the Olympics under a neutral flag?
– Everyone knows where we come from. You should definitely travel under a neutral flag if possible. All our enemies know where we come from and we must win and prove that we are the best.
Several MPs called me: support so that athletes do not leave. I sent them into space. These MPs. He said: “And you take the place of these athletes.” And athletes also have a period of time.
“I hear many trainers and activists say that we should boycott. I don’t think so, we will give in. Putin said that this is everyone’s desire. If I were an athlete, I would go and prove that I am the best,” the correspondent reports, reporting Plushenko’s words.
Plushenko spoke at Znanie.Conference at VK Fest in Moscow.
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