Oleg Khodkov, the head coach of the 2000 Olympic champion CSKA men’s handball team, shared his thoughts about the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s criteria for Russia’s admission to the 2024 Summer Olympics and answered the question of whether he would accept it. to them. His words guide the way “Soviet sport”.
“We grew up in the USSR and could not even think of racing under our own flag. For us, the Olympics is an organization where people spend almost their entire lives, but back then it was a little different. Everything is changing now,” Khodkov said.
The PRC’s membership in the International Olympic Committee was suspended. The reason for this was that the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions were included in the Russian organization of the Olympic Councils and the decision was taken in October 2023. February 27, President of the PRC Stanislav Pozdnyakov statedHe said that the Russian team will not go to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee issued a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
The IOC said Russian athletes will be required to sign updated conditions of participation, which include a commitment to respect the Olympic Charter, including the “peaceful mission of the Olympic movement”. Russian athletes who rank well in their disciplines will be allowed to compete.
Previously Irina Rodnina spoke He is against broadcasting the 2024 Olympic Games in Russia.