Four-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov shared his thoughts on the possible admission of Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. RBC Sports.
“I think the leaders of the IOC are starting to understand that without our athletes there would be no more Olympics, that without them almost half the world wouldn’t be watching the competition because it wouldn’t be very interesting. This is my opinion, ”said Nemov.
Recall that at the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
On January 25, 2023, the IOC announced that it was considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who did not support the conduct of a special operation on the territory of Ukraine to participate in international competitions in a neutral status.
It was reported earlier that the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, was killed. declarationthat international sports organizations are ashamed of their politically motivated decisions regarding Russian athletes.