Athletistic/Figure skating. Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurov expressed the opinion that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) may refrain from inviting Russian figure skaters to the medal ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in Paris.

“I don’t know how the IOC will act. They will probably get scared and decide not to invite our athletes. Maybe they will again cite security concerns or similar reasons,” Zhurova said.

Recall that on Thursday the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the appeals of the Russian Olympic Committee, the Russian Figure Skating Federation and figure skaters in the case of the redistribution of medals in the team tournament of the 2022 Olympic Games.

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