Russian track and field athlete Polina Knoroz published a post on her social networks in which she complained about the food at the national team training center in Novogorsk.
The athlete videotaped a plate of food that contained a cockroach in addition to the food.
“Our wonderful dinner at the federal base of the Novogorsk Training Center,” Knoroz wrote, tagging the accounts of the base and the Russian Athletics Federation.
Knoroz is the current champion of Russia in pole vaulting and holds the title of international master of sports (2017). His personal record is 4.75 m high; The maximum achievement of an athlete in indoor tournaments is 4.81 m.
At the end of February 2022, the IOC issued an appeal to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
On October 12, the IOC announced the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) until further notice, following the inclusion of the Olympic Councils of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions in the Russian organization.
Previously IOC asked Not participating in the 2024 Friendship Games in Russia.