Vladimir Salnikov, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation (VFTU), announced the decision of the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) not to dismiss the WWF despite Ukraine’s demands. Transmits words “Match TV”.
“At a meeting of the World Aquatics Bureau, the Ukrainian side proposed to remove the All-Russian Swimming Federation (a federation of Russian aquatics World Aquatics) and the Belarusian Federation. Salnikov said the proposal was rejected as baseless and unreasonable.
The other day, Salnikov attended a meeting of the World Bureau of Aquatics online in Fukuoka, Japan.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed 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.
Previously at the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation declarationThe exclusion of Russians from international tournaments did not cause tension.