Head Coach of the Russian National Synchronized Swimming Team Tatiana Pokrovskaya commented on the words Richard McLaren on the need to admit Russian athletes to international tournaments.
Earlier, the head of the independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission investigating the 2014 Olympics doping scandal case, McLaren, in an interview with Sportschau, called for the admission Russian athletes at international competitions.
– For us, McLaren’s words can be compared to the light at the end of the tunnel. Each of these statements, of course, causes moderate optimism and a sense of hope among athletes and coaches. I’m sure other progressive minds in the West will soon follow the Canadian’s lead. I think gradually their voices will sound louder. Believe me, we live and work in the belief that sooner or later the Russians will return to the international scene. We believe that warming will come, – quotes Pokrovskaya RT.
In 2016, McLaren wrote a report in which he stated that in Russia there was a state system that manipulated doping samples and covered up athletes. A year later, he withdraws his charges.
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Source : MatchTV
