The President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR), Maxim Agapitov, said that the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is treating Russian athletes as criminals and plans to check all information on applications for performances with neutral status.
“The proposed system of sanctions and fines appears to be an attempt to improve IWF’s financial situation and employ orphaned international officials. It seems that, in addition to the obvious discrimination, all our athletes were immediately registered as criminals, against whom certain investigations will be carried out, ”Agapitova quotes. TASS.
The IWF previously allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in international competitions with neutral status. The relevant decision was made by the executive committee of the federation, which supports the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the admission of Russians and Belarusians to the starts.
At the same time, an independent agency will check whether Russian and Belarusian athletes, as well as coaches and staff, belong to CSKA and Dynamo, as well as support for holding a CBO on the territory of Ukraine.
Anna Khnychenkova, previously head of the Athletes Commission of the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation, on behalf of the Ukrainian athletes applied To Canadian Eric Radford, chairman of the International Skating Union (ISU) Athletes Commission, with a request to ban Russians from participating in international competitions until the end of the SVO.