Five-time French Olympic champion Martin Fourcade speaking about the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions, can pursue some personal goals, such an opinion was expressed by , two-time champion of the Biathlon Games Olga Zaitseva .
Previously, Fourcade, in an interview with NRK, had supported the possible return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions, saying that he “would be ashamed of his country” if representatives of these countries were not allowed in the Olympics in Paris.
— I don’t know what to say about foreign athletes. Because, if I understand correctly, they have one thing today, another tomorrow. Maybe he says that because Johannes Böh now wins everything and because there is no competition? Maybe Martin Fourcade is worried that Be is already overachieving somewhere (in terms of the number of World Championship gold medals. Be has 14 World Championship wins, Fourcade has 13 – about ed.) You might think so. Again, they say differently each time. Maybe everyone has some sort of advantage. Why was he silent before, but now he started talking? I don’t know, maybe the voice of reason really woke up? Maybe so. We will think so then, but we can think wrongly. Let’s see what happens next,” Zaitseva told .
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it would consider the possibility of admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to world starts in a neutral status, who have not actively supported the OSV. IOC chief Thomas Bach has admitted that Russians could participate in the Paris Olympics without national symbols. On February 2, the committee noted that this matter had not yet been discussed and that the organization still did not have criteria according to which individual admission to competitions could be made.
The Paris Summer Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
Source : MatchTV
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