Olympic biathlon champion Svetlana Ishmuratova in an interview “Match TV” He noted that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had ceased to perform unifying functions.
According to him, the organization cannot be sustained in its current form.
“The IOC has outlived its usefulness. We need to take precautions against this, organize our own competitions, and develop sports within the country. We need to produce suggestions for the BRICS Games and Friendship Games and work in this direction. But it is wrong and inappropriate to pay attention to their messages,” Ishmuratova said.
On December 8, the International Olympic Committee allowed athletes from Russia to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games with neutral status.
It was initially reported that eight Russians and three Belarusians received licenses for the Games, but on December 13 the IOC press service corrected this data. Now the organization’s website says that six Russian and five Belarusian athletes have won quotas for the Olympics.
Previously Dmitry Guberniev asked OKB will be a little kinder to Russian athletes.