Olympic champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka said that Russians should go to the Olympics with a neutral status RIA News.
“It is a pity that the number of people who advocate neutral speech is decreasing. “The athlete who will be on the podium at the Olympics is the flag and anthem of our Motherland,” he said.
On December 8, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 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.
In the same message, the IOC emphasized that “no flags, anthems or any symbols of Russia or Belarus will be flown at the Olympic Games” and “no government officials from Russia or Belarus will be invited to the Games.”
Previous IOC conditions for Russian athletes named “A humiliation of a great power.”