Every athlete must participate in international competitions, whether allowed under the national flag or under a neutral flag, the head coach of the Russian biathlon team said. Mikhail Shachilov .
On Tuesday, Lausanne hosts the first day of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will discuss the results of the consultations on the status of Russians and Belarusians.
– If the IOC will recommend to the federations to authorize us, it is a step forward. There, the decision already belongs to the federations ”, reports the correspondent of according to the words of Shashilov.
– Talking in a neutral state – is this normal?
– The athlete must perform. At the front, we don’t ask what uniform you are in.
– The flag is not a fundamental point?
– Of course, it is desirable, but everyone knows that they are Russians. If the management decides that we act like that, then that’s fine. We hung our flag in the wax booth in Beijing, and all was well.
Previously, IOC chief Thomas Bach had opposed political influence on sport and any proposal that Russian athletes would be treated as bearers of collective guilt. In January, the IOC announced that it might consider allowing Russians and Belarusians, who did not come out in favor of the CBO, to compete in a neutral status.
Source : MatchTV
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