2022 Olympic silver medalist skier Ivan Yakimushkin told that the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) decision on who to recognize as the best athlete at the Beijing Winter Olympics was awaited.
ANOC Named South Korean Short Track Athlete for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Hwang Dae Hong . He won the 1500m and silver in the relay. The Russian skier won the prize Alexander Bolshunov who won three gold medals in the Chinese capital, as well as silver and bronze.
“I’m sure I think the same as everyone else. We understand that politics and sport have become inseparable, and this is to be expected due to the restrictions imposed on us by both the FIS and the IOC. So nothing surprising happened, I think. After all the suspensions, it was clear that they would not choose the Russian as the best athlete in the Olympics. It won’t be good for them.
And so, Sanya himself knows everything very well and is aware of all the politics of the federations, realizing how many medals he won at the same time. But now he has a child, he spends time with him, he is not even up to it. They didn’t even discuss the ANOC’s decision. How likely was Bolshunov to be recognized as the best? Very slow. Of course, none of us expected this. Even the number of his medals at the Games does not say whether he deserved the title of best. This is a fact that is very easy to justify: show how many awards the other contestants have, and see how many he has. And there will be no point discussing anything here,” Yakimushkin told .
Source : MatchTV
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