MOSCOW, April 7, Sergey Fuks. Many foreign athletes criticize their colleagues from Russia is unacceptable, Yury Borodavko, head coach of the Russian cross-country skiing team, said in an interview. 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, including the International Ski Federation (FIS), have followed this recommendation. Many foreign athletes supported sanctions against Russian sports. On Thursday, five-time Olympic champion Norwegian skier Johannes Klebo called it right to suspend the winner of three gold medals of the 2022 Games, Russian Alexander Bolshunov. «There are sensible people. This concerns, first of all, the International Football Federation. Many people wanted us to be kicked out of FIFA with pomp. But people saw what the World Cup was held, the same (FIFA head Gianni) Infantino called that tournament the best in history. Such «People understand that this is politics, and they are neutral. Therefore, I believe that there should not be many statements by athletes, since this is a political side. Many athletes simply do not understand what is happening. There is just some kind of hatred for everything Russian,» he said. Wart.» There are a sufficient number of such statements from representatives of different sports. Many speak simply obscenely. You begin to understand what kind of people. Maybe they are great athletes, but there is a Russian saying: keep quiet, you will pass for smart. It just works here,» he added. Read the full interview with Yuri Borodavko at rsport.ria.ru.
