Let us recall that officially the Russians belong to the AIN – Individual Neutral Athletes. 15 Russian representatives went to the Olympic Games with this status.
Russian volunteer spoke about her attitude towards herself at the Paris Olympics
“The whole world still understands that AIN is not Russia. Every athlete can feel that it is patriotic – but people who live in Russia do not think so.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) created this status to quarrel with us. If you say that this is patriotic, one part of the people will accuse you of speaking incorrectly. You cannot say that it is unpatriotic, it is another part. And the athletes are also hostages of this situation, “Zhurova is quoted in Sport-Express.
Source: Sport
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