MOSCOW, Oct 23 Russian Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin announced that international ski Starts are losing relevance and entertainment due to the suspension of Russians. On Saturday, the Council of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) extended the suspension of Russian athletes for the 2022/23 season. Earlier, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, called for continuing to comply with recommendations regarding sanctions against athletes from Russia and Belarus. «serious competition. Russian skiers are among the strongest in the world, without them any international competitions lose their relevance, become less interesting and exciting, and the results on the scoreboard are noticeably inferior to the previous ones,» said Matytsin, quoted by the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Sports. we continue to support our guys, we create new formats of tournaments to preserve the competitive experience, and together with the federations we carry out painstaking work to protect the rights of our athletes. place great international sports festival,” the minister added. At the end of February, the IOC recommended that sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Most IFs have followed this recommendation.
