Olympic cross-country ski champion Veronica Stepanova In her column on , she wrote that Donald Trump’s opinion on international sport is similar to that of the majority of Russians and differs sharply from that of current American leaders.
The US presidential election will take place on November 5. After incumbent President Joe Biden, who initially planned to run for a second term, left the race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump became candidates of the two major parties.
— I am closely following the presidential campaign in the United States. And this is what I observe. Trump’s best friend is the head of the UFC. Dana White is one of the most successful sports managers of our century; people admire him and want to imitate him. Of course, the man has built an empire that brings in almost as much as the entire IOC with its Olympic Games. At the same time, his opinion on the admission of Russians to competitions is well known.
Trump himself has repeatedly spoken out against the participation of transgender people in women’s competitions. I’m not going to judge whether Iman Khelif was right to become an Olympic boxing champion or not – and I don’t think my opinion means anything. But Trump insists on calling Khelif “he.” And the opinion of the American president on this issue will be of great importance.
Trump categorically did not like the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics (he called it a “disgrace”). As you can see, the opinion of the former American president on sports issues is very similar to that of the absolute majority of Russians. And this differs sharply from the opinion of current American leaders.
I have no illusions. After winning the election, Trump will not immediately recruit the IOC leadership and urgently demand the return of the Russians. In general, he won’t take up sports anytime soon. And when they do, the first thing he will do is address the issue of transgender participation – that worries him and his voters a hundred times more. But the new owner of the White House will not ignore the situation of Russian athletes,” Stepanova wrote.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been suspended from participating in competitions held under the auspices of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).
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