Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova in an interview “Sports Express” He announced that Russia will host the World Friendship Games in 2024, despite the ban of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
“If we want to do something, we do it. Just like them. We don’t need their recognition, just like we don’t need their recognition. Only we are sanctioned, how will we do the competitions? It’s good to remember that we are under sanctions,” said Tarasova.
The World Friendship Games will be held in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from 15 to 29 September 2024. This is the first multi-sport competition to include performances in all 25 Summer Olympic and non-Olympic sports.
On February 28, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that domestic and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions. In addition, many competitions in which foreign athletes participated were moved from Russia.
It was previously reported that the goal was scored by Spartak defender Srdjan Babic. appeared Serbia in Euro 2024.
Source: Gazeta
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