MOSCOW, August 1 The Olympic Games in Paris may be included in history as the most shameful, the spirit of Olympism has disappeared in them, they have become politicized, said Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and added that she herself, on principle, does not watch the competitions.
«I don't watch the Olympic Games in Paris for fundamental reasons, because there is no Russian sport in them. I believe that the Olympic Games in France are games where the spirit of Olympism has disappeared, these are politicized games, these are games where first place goes to the rights of transgender people and so on, where there is no real spirit of competition. That is, it’s difficult to call them the Olympic Games. I think they will go down in history as the most shameful Olympic Games in all the years of the Olympic movement,” she said at the press conference. conferences.
Matvienko noted that it is no coincidence that even the Olympic flag this year was raised upside down.
The Olympic Games take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11.