MOSCOW, Apr 21 Russia needs to hold alternative Olympic Games with admission athletes from all countries at their request, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Sergey Burlakov said at an online meeting with chess player Sergey Karyakin. Earlier, the deputy supported the grandmaster’s idea to create an alternative to FIDE and invited him to a working meeting. Karyakin said that he plans to begin work on the creation of a chess Federation with holding tournaments, Burlakov, inspired by the idea of a grandmaster, proposed holding sporting events in Russia that would become an alternative to the Olympic Games, the deputy’s press service reported. “Absolutely all athletes who support the slogan “sport beyond politics. «It doesn't matter whether an athlete is from a friendly country or not. We will show the whole world how to treat sports,» Burlakov said at the meeting. Karyakin noted that the majority of athletes are confident in the need for alternative games, the press service said. «I fully support the initiative, I know that many athletes think the same, have repeatedly discussed this. In the context of international sports isolation, alternative competitions will be the best incentive for training,» the press service quoted Karjakin as saying.
