Mark Adams, the official representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), urged sports federations to solve the problem of accepting athletes from Russia as soon as possible. Transmits words TASS.
“You have to understand that it’s not up to the IOC who the international federations allow and who doesn’t. We made them an offer and now they have to decide if they want to follow these recommendations, but it should be done right away because we are talking about international competitions that are already underway,” he said.
On 28 March, Switzerland hosted the first day of the IOC Executive Committee meeting, which discussed the issue of the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions.
The organization recommended that the Russians be allowed to remain in a neutral status if the athletes did not actively support the war. Athletes representing law enforcement and armed forces will not be allowed to compete.
Former State Duma Deputy Roman Teryushkov shared his opinion On the recommendations of the IOC on the admission of athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in international competitions.