One of the foreign journalists tried to provoke Russian athlete Diana Schneider with a question about politics after the final match of the Olympic tennis tournament in Paris. This was reported by Sports24.
At the post-match press conference, a foreign journalist asked the tennis player about something in English that sounded like a pro-Russian post supporting the Russian Armed Forces.
Accordingly, Schneider said that he was at the press conference to talk about tennis, not politics. That’s why he will only talk about it.
Before that, Russian journalists prohibited Take photos of Olympic silver medalists tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider.
Following the start of Russia’s SVO in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes and recommended that Federations not allow athletes from these countries to participate in international competitions. In December 2023, the IOC allowed athletes from Russia to participate in the 2024 Olympics, but only with neutral status and subject to a number of necessary conditions.
Previously, Russian athletes to win First medal at the Paris Olympics.
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Source: Gazeta
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