Vyacheslav Fetisov, a State Duma deputy of the Russian Federation and two-time Olympic champion in ice hockey, said what Russia should do if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues its policy of not allowing Russian athletes to participate in international competitions. Contact the United Nations (UN).
“We need to influence the IOC. If the rejection is related to the CBO, they should add a clause to the statute that states that the parties or the party participating in a military conflict should be excluded from international competitions. Now there are more than 25 conflicts in the world, but for some reason everything has come to a point that concerns our country.
If there is no answer, you need to contact the UN. The current decisions of the IOC are completely unrestricted,” says Fetisov TASS.
Recall that on January 25, the International Olympic Committee announced that it was considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who did not support the special operation on the territory of Ukraine to participate in international competitions in neutral status.
IOC President Thomas Bach urged the governments of the countries not to interfere in the issue of the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions. In an interview with Der Spiegel, he pointed out that the IOC does not support discrimination based on nationality, saying that it allows Russians and Belarusians to participate in the 2024 Games without a flag or anthem.
Formerly the Association of European Football Associations (UEFA) updated The data in the coefficient table of the countries are determined according to the results of the performances of the clubs in the last five seasons.