TYUMEN, Mar 24, Pavel Levkovich. Head of the Ski Racing Federation Russia (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe said that she did not believe the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and did not expect anything from the meeting of the executive committee of the organization on the admission of Russian athletes to participate in international competitions.
On January 25, the IOC Executive Committee called for the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions in a neutral status, while proposing not to allow athletes who actively supported the special operation in Ukraine. The results of consultations on the status of Russian and Belarusian athletes will be summed up on March 28.
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"I have no expectations from the meeting of the IOC Executive Board. I think if they make some kind of declaration, which will state that the athlete will have to sign under something, that he does not support the CBO, then there is no need to invite us anywhere at all. My deep conviction is that without a flag and an anthem, we should not go to any Olympic Games. I have never heard that they are ready to let us in somewhere without any declarations. I do not believe that now Bach will say: “We allow it! Let them run, jump and play,» Vyalbe told reporters.