Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova admitted that she is afraid to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games due to the negative atmosphere regarding the participation of athletes from Russia. talked about it Vitya Kravchenko’s YouTube channel.
“Yes, I was afraid. Everything crumpled because I was afraid. I did everything quietly. Scarecrow so that they could call him an enemy of the people. Only Guberniev supported it,” Efimova said.
Efimova, 32, had neutral status and could qualify for the Games but failed to meet Olympic standard at the Bahamas Championships.
On June 26, the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) denied Efimova a wild card to participate in the Paris Olympics.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee issued a call to international sports federations and recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions. The organization decided to admit Russians and Belarusians to the 2024 Olympic Games as neutral athletes at the end of 2023. To participate, they had to meet a number of requirements and qualify.
The Paris Games took place from July 26 to August 11.
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Source: Gazeta
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