Commentator Dmitry Guberniev criticized Russian gymnasts and swimmers for refusing to go to the Olympics Metatations.
“We are driving ourselves, if not into a primitive communal system, then into serfdom in the 19th century,” Guberniev said.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions after the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. At the end of 2023, the organization decided to accept Russians and Belarusians as neutral athletes, subject to certain conditions, including the preservation of the neutral status of athletes.
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). On June 7, Alexey Sorokin, general director of the Friendship Games organizing committee, confirmed the information that the event would be postponed.
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Source: Gazeta
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