Two-time Olympic biathlon champion, State Duma deputy Sergei Shepikov told that the decision to postpone the Friendship Games until 2025 would be correct, since many other strong athletes will come to the competition.
On Tuesday, the president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR), Maxim Agapitov, said that the World Friendship Games had been postponed until 2025. Later, the tournament’s organizing committee told that consultations were underway on new dates for the competition.
– That’s right. Major international competitions should be held taking into account the international sports calendar, so that as many strong athletes as possible come to us. We know how to receive guests, and if there are many of them, it will raise the status of all competitions that will be held in Russia. Next year, many more foreign participants who are currently participating in the Olympic Games will come to us, “Shepikov told .
The first-ever “Friendship Games” were scheduled for September 15-29 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. In June, information appeared from various sources about the postponement of the competition to 2025 at the initiative of the International Friendship Association (IFA).
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