MOSCOW, Mar 30 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) no longer governs the sport , the organization is highly dependent on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and American sponsors, said Elena Vyalbe, President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR), in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel. At the end of February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete because of the situation in Ukraine. A number of international federations followed this recommendation.
"If the IOC were completely independent, then no one would ever have any problems. IOC first "lay" under WADA and still "lies". The IOC is no longer running the sport that way. Now everything lies in the political plane, it all depends on the fact that the IOC has American sponsors. That says it all, sorry. There is no independence, so it will continue. The same can happen to any country, not only to Russia, to anyone. Now Russia and Belarus are suffering, but in the future anyone can suffer", — said Vyalbe.
She also noted the structure of the National Hockey League (NHL), which refused to allow its hockey players to the Olympic Games in Beijing. «The NHL is a separate state in the whole world, which as a whole never reacts to any attacks. They have their own rules, they live by these rules, for which they can only be respected. We know that WADA does not come to them. They said they would hold their own championship, but they don't care about the Olympic Games, no one could persuade them to change their schedule once again, well done. They have their own sports organization, everyone else needs to follow their example. It is clear that they are probably the most moneyed, and They wanted to spit on all the troubles, because everyone is minding their own business,» she concluded.