110m hurdles world champion Sergei Shubenkov in an interview with , he said he did not understand why the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) had not yet granted him neutral status to participate in international competitions.
In July, World Athletics approved 18 applications from Russian athletes for neutral status. A total of 73 Russians have already qualified to compete as neutral athletes in 2022.
– Where is your request for neutral status in World Athletics?
“I submitted an application this year, sent the documents, but never received a response,” Shubenkov told . For some reason, it looks like he won’t be coming this year. And if he comes, it will be a shame, because he will be useless, since now the whole team cannot play.
– At the same time, at the moment, World Athletics has issued neutral status to 73 Russian athletes.
Yes, but they wouldn’t let me. I don’t know why it happened.
Russian athletics has been under sanctions since 2015 due to a number of doping scandals, since 2016 World Athletics began allowing Russians to start in neutral status.
Source : MatchTV
