Crimean Sports Minister Olga Torubarova said the region will provide financial assistance to athletes who voluntarily refuse to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Her words provide guidance TASS.
“Athletes will receive a payment in the same amount as in case of victory at the BRICS Games – one million rubles per person. In total, five athletes will receive such payment,” he said.
At the end of February 2022, the IOC issued a call to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to participate in any competitions. The organization decided to accept Russians and Belarusians as neutral athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games at the end of 2023. To participate, they must meet a number of conditions and qualify.
As an alternative, Russia has created the Friendship Games format. The first Friendship Games are scheduled to be held in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from September 15 to 29, 2024. The initiator and coordinator of the Friendship Games is the International Friendship Association (IFA). On June 7, the general director of the organizing committee of the Friendship Games, Alexey Sorokin, confirmed the information that the event will be postponed.
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