Athletistic / Others. Three-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov has criticised the French authorities, expressing his bewilderment over the refusal to issue visas to Russian Paralympic athletes to participate in the Paris Paralympic Games.

Earlier it became known that swimmer Andrei Granichka and tennis player Victoria Safonova were not issued visas. It was reported that the refusal to register could be due to the fact that they were born in Crimea.

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“What can I say? They are French. It is false, especially when it comes to Paralympic athletes. It is a shame for France.

“Okay, healthy athletes were not allowed in, but Paralympians! Does conscience really allow the French to do this,” Vprognoze quotes Tikhonov.



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