This happened in the final match in which Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic became Olympic champion by beating Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz with a score of 7:6, 7:6.
Kafelnikov is the most decorated tennis player in Russian history. In 2000, at the Sydney Olympics, he won gold, defeating German Tommy Haas in the final with a score of 7:6, 3:6, 6:2, 4:6, 6:3.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, only 15 Russian athletes are participating, who compete in neutral status under the flags of the AIN (Individual Neutral Athletes) team. However, Kafelnikov competed for Russia in 2000. Despite this, in the selection of Olympic champions on Eurosport, he appeared as a neutral athlete.
- Kafelnikov reacts to Djokovic’s historic victory at the Paris Olympics
Source: Sport
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