KAZAN, December 6, Adela Ziatdinova President of the Russian Jumping Federation into the water (RFPV) Stanislav Druzhinin said that it is unlikely that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will change the participation criteria and allow Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after an appeal from international federations.
On Tuesday, representatives of international summer sports federations asked the IOC to make a decision as soon as possible on the participation of neutral athletes from Russia in the 2024 Olympic Games.
“”The IOC has already repeatedly expressed its position and put forward criteria. World Aquatics has also defined its criteria for admission to international competitions. My opinion is that it is unlikely that the IOC, after the appeal of these international federations, will remove its criteria and allow our athletes to participate. For example. “, in our sport, the only chance to qualify for the Olympics is through the World Championships in Doha in February. That is, the approval of the IOC is not enough for us, we still need to somehow qualify for the selection, which so far seems impossible given the criteria that exist” , – said Druzhinin.
“Probably, these are some political attempts by international organizations to show themselves in a good light and show their neutrality. In fact, we see that we cannot go anywhere yet,” Druzhinin noted.
Earlier, World Aquatics published the criteria for admission of Russians and Belarusians to international competitions, allowing them to perform only in individual disciplines in a neutral status.
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