MOSCOW, March 18, Andrey Simonenko. Russian Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasitskene refused to meet with the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin, the husband of the athlete Vladas Lasitskas said. On Friday, it became known that Matytsin on March 21 will discuss support measures with Russian athletes in the face of sanctions restrictions. Among the athletes invited to the meeting was Lasitskene. «The press release of the Ministry of Sports surprised, since Masha did not give her consent to the meeting. As a result, she refused this event. She does not need support, she needs the opportunity to compete with the strongest athletes in the world. But in this As we can see, neither the Minister of Sports, nor the head of the ROC, nor the VFLA helped Masha,» Lasickas said. The Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international sports organizations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete. On March 3, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) announced that it would challenge in court the decisions of the international federations on the removal of Russians that followed the recommendation of the IOC.
