Down-the-line.com/Athletics. Winner and multiple 110m hurdles world championship medalist Sergei Shubenkov has reacted to a statement by Ukrainian athlete Olga Saladukha, who told how Ukraine blackmailed the withdrawal of Russian athletes.

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“So you asked about friends from the world of athletics. Olga Saladukha was such an athlete with whom I communicated a little more than with others. You can even say that I was even friends with her, whose my coach communicated well with her. Excellent the athlete was.

As for Saladukhi’s statement, she knocked on the open door. Many international federations had already risen up against us. I don’t understand exactly what she deserves. She wants to attribute something to herself – well, to health.

Is it a shame that Saladuha has changed so much? On the one hand everything is clear, on the other it is a bit insulting,” Match TV quoted Shubenkov as saying.

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