MOSCOW, Oct 5, Svetlana Bonopartova. Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko stated that Russian athletes in all sports should be allowed to compete in international competitions, as well as boxers. Earlier, the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced that Russian and Belarusian boxers will be able to compete in international tournaments under their own flag, and if they win, national anthems will be played. Great news that boxing was allowed to compete in the international arena, especially with our flag and anthem. If boxers were allowed, then other sports should be allowed. Now we will be happy to wait for this. Great news,» Plushenko said.» So, we need to put our (Russians) everywhere,» the speaker answered the question whether such a decision could be due to the fact that the president of the IBA is the Russian Umar Kremlev.
