State Duma deputy, 2006 speed skating Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova, during a trip to Kiev, critically evaluated the statement of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. aforementionedQuoting Zhurova: Neither Russians nor Belarusians will be welcome at the 2024 Summer Olympics. TASS.
“Apparently he doesn’t want a single Russian to come to Paris. With such statements, he simply trapped the IOC, which declared that there was no boycott. Although the French may not allow our athletes to enter the country even if they have all the permits and documents. “This is a common situation in general,” he said.
29 March, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach statedIt was stated that the discussion on accepting athletes from Russia to the Olympic Games has been completed, and the Russian and Ukrainian sides have given up the idea of boycotting the Olympics.
Before that, it was known that Russian and Belarusian athletes could be admitted to the Olympics in Paris on a neutral status, provided that they had no relations with law enforcement agencies and did not represent team sports. If they win a gold medal, they will be rewarded with specially created wordless music.
Previously Maria Zakharova answered On the statement of the mayor of Paris regarding the admission of Russian athletes to the Olympics.