«The IOC does bad things with the hands of international federations»: Vyalba — about the letter to Bach

KONONOVSKAYA (Arkhangelsk region), June 17, Sergey Smyshlyaev. Head of the Ski Federation races of Russia (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe in an interview noted that open appeals of domestic athletes to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach are unlikely to help. enough courage and dignity to cancel the suspension of Russian athletes from international competitions. «I don’t think this will help in any way. In any case, we all perfectly understand that everything will depend only on the position of the International Olympic Committee. The fact that the IOC will never does not do it with his own hands, it is also clear to everyone. He does everything bad with the hands of international federations. The previous appeals of the IOC were cunningly built. «We are not forcing you not to allow athletes, we insist on highly recommended.» And international federations immediately perceive this as a decree to action. Again, no one will benefit from this. Neither our competitors are athletic, nor we,» Vyalbe said. «People are doing their job properly, they are training and should perform on the international stage, so that the audience would be interested. When one of the leaders does not go to the start, the opponent is better, he will stand on the podium. But sooner or later people get tired of watching when the same country, the same three or four people hang out with each other and take the first four places. It doesn't matter if it's Russia, or Sweden, or England — in any sport there must be competition in order to attract spectators. We depend on them. When there are spectators, then sponsors come and the TV picture is good. All this is interconnected. Therefore, the removal of Russian athletes from international competitions, all, not only from the Russian Ski Association, it will not bring dividends to anyone,» she added.