MOSCOW, March 11 Organizers of sporting events have realized: without Russian athletes, the competition will stop be spectacular, perhaps at least someone’s conscience woke up, said Sergey Burlakov, deputy head of the Duma Committee on Sports, commenting on Norway’s intention not to extend the ban on the participation of professional athletes from Russia and Belarus in international competitions to children’s and youth sports. Norway previously joined the position other European countries that supported the ban, but it should not extend to children's and youth sports, the Kingdom's Ministry of Culture and Equality said in a statement. Although I personally doubt that it is her. I am sure that the organizers of sporting events understood that without Russian athletes, competitions would cease to be spectacular. Everyone is well aware of how strong athletes are in our country. Without them, there will be no such emotions, adrenaline, and most importantly, the confidence that you are really the first, and not an athlete who was not allowed to participate,» Burlakov said.
He recalled that he had repeatedly stated: because of sports sanctions against Russia will suffer the whole world.