He Ministry of Sports and the Russian Olympic Committee (COR) now asked from the IOC a specific regulation on the participation of neutral Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“The conditions that exist today reflect only the status of neutrality. No specific regulations have been mentioned regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes,” he said. Oleg MatitsinMinister of Sports, in the TASS agency.
He International Olympic Committee (IOC) on December 8 allowed the participation of neutral athletes from those two countries in the Games, a status they only now hold. eight Russians and three Belarusians, figure that Moscow considers ridiculous.
“Once a decision is made in detail, we will coordinate our actions with COR and our federations. That means, So far, we have heard nothing new from the IOC“, he pointed out.
the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinassured yesterday in his first major press conference in two years that he always supports the participation of athletes in international competitions.
“But now we have to carefully study what are the conditions proposed by the IOC. If they are artificial conditions aimed at cutting off our leaders and (…) beheading the choice (…)then the Ministry and the COR will have to study and make a considered decision,” he said.
On his part, the head of COR, Stanislav Pozdniakovaddressed the IOC urging it to re-establish the committee he chairs “as a full member of the Olympic movement.”
The IOC Executive Commission decided a week ago that athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports are part of the group of Neutral Individual Athletes (AIN) and who have qualified through the official systems of international federations will be declared eligible to participate in the Games.
In this way, athletes and support personnel actively support the war They cannot register or competeas well as those hired by the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies.
Source: La Verdad
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