President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFT) Shamil Tarpishchev told that he is proud of Russian tennis players who are patriots of their country.
— No one has run away from us, everyone plays for the country, all our tennis players are patriots of Russia. Some advantages. I am proud of our tennis players. We are the best ambassadors of peace. We play everywhere and get huge results. The army of our tennis fans has only grown. And not a single one of our players ran. Tennis here is ideal in every way, as evidenced by the attitude towards us of the ATP and WTA. You have to admire us,” Tarpishchev told .
Earlier, Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin called for respect for those who “thanks to their hard work earned the right to compete in the Olympics,” and also noted that it is important for Russia to “show an example of consolidation and not to give reasons for disunity.” » The head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Stanislav Pozdnyakov, noted that the ROC is on the side of athletes for whom the IOC conditions are “unacceptable, neither in substance nor in form.”
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in December 2023 that it would allow Russian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Olympics to have individual neutral status without a flag, anthem or other national symbol. The IOC also banned the participation of athletes associated with security forces or who have expressed support for the SVO.
The Summer Olympics will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
Source : MatchTV
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