International Olympic Committee (IOC ) understands that the decision to withdraw Russian athletes from international competitions is detrimental to the Olympic movement, said the vice-president of the Athletes’ Commission of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Yuri Borzakovsky .
In February, the IOC’s executive committee recommended that federations withdraw Russian athletes from international competitions.
– On September 14, during a conference call of our Athletes’ Commission with representatives of the National Olympic Committees (IOC President Thomas), Bach stated that the IOC understands that the suspension of our athletes is detrimental to the Olympic movement . Athletes should not be suspended for political reasons. There is a lot of conflict in the world right now.
Sophie la Grande, on behalf of all Russian athletes, turned to Bach. She said they were training and waiting for the opportunity to return to international competitions. For his part, he said that the recommendations for the withdrawal of Russian and Belarusian athletes are in the nature of sanctions, Borzakovsky said at the “Russia is a sporting power” forum.
Source : MatchTV
