Akhmed Chalaev, double grappling world champion, on the air of the program “There is a theme!” on the channel “” said that he agreed with the opinion of the skier Alexandra Bolshunova on the inadmissibility of censorship of Russia by athletes for the sake of participating in the 2024 Olympics.
– Not allowing our athletes is a mistake, they are not affected by a special operation in Ukraine. As for Bolshunov’s statement: I agree with him, signing documents against the country is complete nonsense, he said.
The athlete also spoke about his participation in rescuing people from a fire in Moscow. The fire in the house on Mezhdunarodnaya Street occurred late in the evening of February 21. More than 50 people were evacuated and seven people died. One of the participants in the evacuation of the victims was Chalaev.
“Any man with a heart would go there. I didn’t even have any thoughts, I immediately ran. Nationality plays no role here, the main thing is to be human,” added the two-time grappling world champion.
Earlier, the IOC announced that it would consider the possibility of admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to world starts in a neutral status, who did not actively support the CBO. 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 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will take place from July 26 to August 11.
Source : MatchTV
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