Athletistic / Tennis. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFF) Shamil Tarpishchev spoke about Russian tennis players who will participate in the Olympic Games in neutral status. According to Tarpishchev, it is incorrect to accuse them of treason.

At the Olympics, Daniil Medvedev, Roman Safiullin, Aslan Karatsev, Pavel Kotov, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Mirra Andreeva, Veronika Kudermetova and Diana Schneider will perform in singles. The duos Medvedev/Safiullin, Kotov/Karatsev, Andreeva/Kudermetova, Alexandrova/Schneider will play doubles.

Tarpishchev revealed details of the admission of Russian tennis players to the 2024 Olympics

“This year’s Olympics is not an obligation. On the other hand, it’s also impossible not to play. We have followed the path, we are sending young people and those already experienced to the Games, it is a great school and a step forward for. If we want to compete, you can’t miss the Games in the near future. You can’t consider a traitor or not, as many say, if a person was a traitor he would change the country. Last year we had 988 athletes who played abroad, we played in 69 countries of the world, there is no need to look for “possible” or “impossible”, Tarpishchev said, cited by RIA Novosti.



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