The committee lately revealed quotas for Russian athletes for the Paris 2024 Olympics
Restrictions towards Russian athletes introduced by the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this week are discriminatory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has mentioned.
On Tuesday, the IOC introduced that the utmost variety of Russians who can qualify for the Paris Olympic Video games this summer season is 55, whereas Belarus is proscribed to twenty-eight athletes. Contributors from each nations can solely seem in particular person occasions, underneath impartial standing, and will not participate within the opening ceremony.
Responding on Wednesday, Peskov mentioned the transfer “destroys Olympic beliefs and discriminates towards the pursuits of Olympians.” The restrictions are “completely opposite to the whole ideology of the Olympic motion,” he argued.
Peskov commented extra positively, nevertheless, on the announcement that Russian athletes cleared to participate within the Paris Video games won’t be compelled to make statements criticizing Moscow’s navy operation towards Ukraine.
Along with the restrictions, the IOC mentioned it has arrange a fee to approve the participation of every Russian and Belarusian underneath impartial standing. The committee additionally launched a listing together with 19 ‘impartial’ rivals from the 2 nations who’ve to date been cleared to take part.
READ MORE:
IOC reveals Russian athlete quota for Paris Olympics 2024
Following the beginning of the Ukraine battle in February 2022, the IOC really useful that athletes from Russia and Belarus shouldn’t be allowed to compete in worldwide occasions.
Like this story? Share it with a good friend!