Four-time Olympic champion Alexander Tikhonov said that he sees French biathlete Martin Fourcade as a very brave person, advocating the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Fourcade is a very brave man. He is a great athlete who really cares about world sport and tries to make it fair with such statements. I shake your hand, young man!” – quotes Tikhonov’s words sports24.
Five-time Olympic champion Fourcade previously said he would be very ashamed of France if Russia and Belarus decided to ban athletes from competing.
On January 25, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it is considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who do not support the conduct of a special operation on Ukrainian territory to participate in international competitions in a neutral status.
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