Maria Zakharova, representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, believes that the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were determined by the desire to exclude Russia from world sports.
“We believe that the recommendations for the admission of Russian athletes to competitions without flags and anthems with a neutral status were determined primarily by the desire to once again apply the brutal logic imposed by the West to exclude us from world sports. As they say, to implement a containment policy against our country.
From year to year, we see what kind of policy is implemented regarding our athletes. Unfortunately, including officials from world sports.
They cannot find the opportunity not to do what is contrary to the principles of World Olympism. We are against both this type of discrimination and any form of discrimination,” said Zakharova. DEA News.
It should be recalled that at the meeting of the IOC Executive Committee on March 28, the issue of admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions was discussed.
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.
Thomas, former IOC president hopedHe said that if Russian athletes are allowed to compete, the Ukrainian national team will perform at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.