Athletistic / Olympic Games. Russian canoeist Alexei Korovachkov, an Olympic silver medallist and five-time world champion, has said that Russian athletes competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris are strongly advised not to mention their country’s name.
“Everything went well in communication with foreign athletes at the Olympics! They supported us there. However, some foreigners did not understand what kind of uniform we had with the inscription AIN. They asked us: by chance, are you from the United Arab Emirates? “We were not allowed to say that we are from Russia.
Were we forbidden to say the name of the country? Yes, we were strongly asked not to mention the word “Russia,” Korovashkov said, as quoted by Match TV.
Russian athletes, by the will of the International Olympic Committee, competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris under individual neutral status (AIN). To obtain it, it was necessary to meet a number of criteria that violated the Olympic Charter.
Alexey Korovashkov and Zakhar Petrov took fourth place in the 500-meter canoe pair competition at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Source: Sport
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