Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov said that the relationship established for decades with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has deteriorated. His words guide the way “Sports Express”.
“We cannot rely on constructive relations right now. From our perspective, the International Olympic Committee imposed unreasonable, dishonest and unfair sanctions on our athletes and Russian sports. Pozdnyakov said that sanctions were recently introduced against the Russian Olympic Committee.
In 2022, against the background of the start of SVO in Ukraine, the president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach recommended that international federations exclude Russian athletes from international competitions. On January 25, 2023, the IOC announced that it was considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who do not support the holding of the SBO to participate in international competitions in a neutral status.
On October 12, 2023, the IOC announced the suspension of the PRC until further notice, following the inclusion of the Olympic Councils of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions in the Russian organization. The IOC also stated that it reserves the right to make a decision at the necessary time on the admission of Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
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