The International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) has rejected the offer of six-time world champion Yulia Efimova to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. reports TASS.
The organization’s statement states that if an athlete cannot meet the required standard, he will not receive a quota for participation in the Olympic Games.
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. At the end of 2023, the organization decided to accept Russians and Belarusians as neutral athletes. To participate, they must meet a number of requirements and be qualified.
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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