Representatives of the sports community of Ukraine called on the International Olympic Committee to deprive Russian judoists of their licenses for the Olympic Games - they sent a corresponding letter with the facts of Russian athletes ' support for the war in Ukraine, reports UNN.
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President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Vadym Gutzeit, acting minister of youth and sports of Ukraine Matvey Bedny and President of the Judo Federation of Ukraine Mykhailo Koshlyak sent a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Judo Federation (IJF). The letter provided facts of support for the war in Ukraine by Russian judoists.
The Russian Judo Federation has announced the names of athletes who will participate in the Olympic Games in Paris. The signatories ask to draw attention to the fact that these athletes support the war in Ukraine, the policy of the Russian dictator and do not meet sufficient criteria for obtaining the status of an individual neutral athlete (AIN).
In particular, we are talking about Inal Tasoev, Malina Taimazov, Timur Arbuzov, Ramazan Abdulayev, Mikhail Igolnikov, Daniil Lavrentiev, Murad Chopanov, Matvey Kanikovsky, then Liluashvili, Alice Startseva, Daria Kurbonmamadova and Sabina Gilyazova.
The signatories want to emphasize once again that the entire Russian and Belarusian sports community is an instrument of the state policy of the aggressor countries, and all athletes with Russian and Belarusian citizenship cannot meet sufficient criteria for obtaining the status of an individual neutral athlete (AIN). This undermines the foundations of the international sports community and calls into question the fairness and impartiality of sports competitions.
"Ukraine's position remains unshakeable: as long as Russian troops, with the support of the government of Belarus, continue to wage their brutal war against the Ukrainian people, it is necessary to introduce a ban on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in any international competitions in any status," the NOC said.