Olympic champion in figure skating Tatyana Navka believes that Russia will perform at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. DEA News.
“Hope dies last. This is not a refusal, the invitation will not come true. But we hope that reason will prevail, that those who decide will remember that sport is not about politics,” said Navka.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will send invitations to the Games on July 26. Russia and Belarus will not be invited due to the special operation in Ukraine.
At the end of February 2022, the IOC issued a call to international sports federations, advising them not to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in any competitions.
At a meeting of the IOC executive committee on March 28, it was recommended to allow the Russians to have a neutral status, if the athletes were not actively engaged in supporting hostilities.
Former State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Fetisov declarationRussia has not yet seen a chance to go to the Olympics.