
MOSCOW, April 28 Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev called the decision of the organizers of the French Open tennis championship to admit Russian and Belarusian athletes there bold and adequate. Earlier, the organizers of the French Open announced plans to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the competition, the media reported. «The organizers of the French Open showed adequacy and courage. In in the end there are more and more organizers of the largest competitions who choose the development of sports, and not political intrigues. I am sure that every day there will be more and more such opinions and decisions, since not a single suspension and deprivation can contribute to the development of sports and the Olympic movement, «- he told reporters. According to him, such a decision will be an edification and an example to those who are athletes from the Russian Federation yat.

