Strongest Decathlete Spartakiad Winner Ilya Chkurenev in an interview with , he expressed an opinion on the withdrawal of Russians from international departures, noting that he does not follow the news on this subject.
In March 2022, the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. The All-Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) has been stripped of its World Athletics membership since 2015 due to a large-scale doping scandal. From then on, Russian athletes could participate in international competitions only after obtaining neutral status.
– You speak with Russian athletes and everyone can see the sadness due to the lack of international departures. How are you?
“Of course, I’m sad too. I just try not to think about it. When you just mind your own business, everything becomes easier.
– That is to say that you do not read the declarations of the persons in charge, do not make forecasts?
“Oh, I don’t read anything at all. Today they said something, some McLaren said something there. And I don’t even understand what it is. And it seems to me that I must say that I heard something, but in fact I don’t know anything at all. I don’t even have TV channels at home. I don’t have time to watch TV.
Shkurenev became the winner of the decathlon competition at the Spartakiad athletics tournament of the strongest in Chelyabinsk. According to the results of ten disciplines, Shkurenev scored 8354 points, the second was Artem Makarenko (7994), the third – Alexander Komarov (7958).
Source : MatchTV
