Three-time Olympic champion in figure skating and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina comments “Match TV” He responded to the words of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach: incriminating Russia is violating the Olympic Charter.
“The National Olympic Committee is not a government organization. Yes, somewhere the IOC had the right to take the same measures as it did together with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). But there has never been and cannot be collective punishment. So now the IOC itself is violating (its rules and the Olympic Charter).
We accept that there are personal mistakes and personal responsibility. So what has the IOC done in the last four Olympics? And they still want to make us guilty. We have already paid for our crime,” Rodnina said.
On February 28, 2022, the International Olympic Committee appealed to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
At the meeting of the IOC Executive Committee on March 28, 2023, it was proposed to allow the Russians to remain in neutral status if the athletes are not actively involved in supporting military operations. In December 2023, the IOC decided to allow Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in neutral status, subject to a number of conditions.
The Paris Olympics will take place between July 26 and August 11, 2024.
Previously Bach statedHe does not doubt Israel’s right to participate in the Olympics.