biathlete Victoria Slivko on air, said Russian athletes could battle for places in the top 20 World Cup races.
On March 28, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced recommendations for the admission of Russian athletes to international competitions. Recommendations include individual eligibility, neutral status, no team events, no entry for athletes associated with law enforcement.
– It would be stable possible to fall in the top 20. Some races to hold higher. I won’t say that I will come now and win everything, but many of us can be in the top 20 and gradually climb higher,” Slivko said on .
In February last year, the IOC Executive Board recommended federations not to invite Russians and Belarusians to compete due to the situation in Ukraine. In many sports, athletes from both countries were suspended from starts, some federations allowed them to be neutral without national symbols. Subsequently, IOC chief Thomas Bach opposed political influence on sport and any proposal to treat Russian athletes as bearers of collective guilt.
Source : MatchTV
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