Vladas Lasickas, husband of Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasickenė, published a photo from France on his social networks showing the Olympic Games promotional poster with Yelena Isinbayeva and the Russian flag.
“France is promoting the Games well at the official level. Lasickas captioned the photo of Elena Isinbaeva with the Russian flag.
At the end of February 2022, the IOC issued a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions. However, in December, the IOC allowed Russia and Belarus to participate in the 2024 Olympics with neutral status. The 2024 Olympics will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
As an alternative, Russia created the Friendship Games format. The first Friendship Games were planned to be held in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from 15 to 29 September 2024. The initiator and coordinator of the Friendship Games is the International Friendship Association (IFA), June 7, General Director of the Friendship Games Organizing Committee Alexey Sorokin. confirmed the informationIt was stated that the event would be postponed.
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Source: Gazeta
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