Athletistic / Others. Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Dmitry Vasiliev spoke about the performance of Russians in neutral status at the 2026 Olympic Games in Paris (France). According to Vasiliev, he cannot call these Russians “our guys.”

The Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11. Only 15 Russian athletes admitted with neutral status will participate in the Games.

“I don’t see our guys at the Olympics. There are compatriots who will compete not for the country, but only for themselves, not even in a mythical neutral status, but simply for themselves.

The IOC declined to comment on the news that Russian journalists were banned from entering France for the 2024 Olympic Games.

“To be honest, I am not interested in these athletes. I can also understand tennis players, because from childhood they began to play for their own money and prepare for professional sports. It is wrong to blame them for going to the Olympics. But representatives of other sports, who were prepared at the expense of the state, now ignore the opinion of the state,” Vasilyev quotes RIA Novosti.



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