KEMEROVO, Sep 29, Sergey Smyshlyaev. Head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Stanislav Pozdnyakov is sure that at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, the Russian team will and should take a place no lower than third in the team standings. Los Angeles was announced as the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics in September 2017. Games will be held from 14 to 30 July. The city has previously hosted the Olympics twice, in 1932 and 1984. In both cases, these were summer Games. «I am sure that at the Games in Los Angeles we will definitely be and should take a place no lower than third in the team standings. On the territory of a strong opponent, we must show the strong qualities that are inherent in the Russians. We must get out of this situation stronger, more united and united,” Pozdnyakov said at the international forum “Russia is a sports power.” At the end of February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in competitions due to situation in Ukraine. A number of IFs have followed this recommendation.
