The uniforms of Russian athletes will now feature the stripes of the International Judo Federation (IJF).
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“We are grateful to our colleagues from the IJF, who share the position that sport should be outside of politics, sport is a weapon in the fight for peace. In recent years, we have enjoyed the support of the IJF during the Olympic Games. Games, we had a meeting at which the IJF leadership supported our proposal, that until we return to playing under our flag, with our anthem, and this, we hope, will be very soon, the abbreviation of the international federation will appear on the back. many of our judokas,” Soloveichik was quoted as saying by TASS.
Source: Sport
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