Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said on the TV channel: NTVHe condemns athletes who change their sports citizenship to participate in international tournaments.
“I condemn these athletes. There are questions in society about athletes under different flags,” Degtyarev said.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending 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. In total, 15 people from Russia went to the Games in Paris. Tennis players Diana Schneider and Mirra Andreeva won silver medals in the doubles tennis tournament at the Games. The rest of the Russians failed to win medals at the Paris Olympic Games.
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Source: Gazeta
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