Former Zenit mentor Vlastimil Petrzhela spoke about the attitude towards athletes from Russia in the Czech Republic. Transmits words “Sport by Day”.
“Are Russian athletes condemned in the Czech Republic? Yes. Everyone is condemned, even athletes. Everyone is bad here because of the situation in the world. This also applies to us. “And this is unpleasant for all our people,” said Petrzhela.
The previous day, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky spoke Russians who oppose the boycott of the Olympic Games in Paris are being accepted despite recent reports of forming a 35-nation coalition opposing their return.
Recall that in February last year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in tournaments.
On January 25, the IOC announced that it was considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who did not support the conduct of a special operation on Ukrainian territory to participate in international competitions with a neutral status.