BERLIN : International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was wrong to argue that Russian and Belarus athletes can return to international competitions because they already compete without friction in some sports, Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk said on Wednesday. Bach used the example of
BERLIN : International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was wrong to argue that Russian and Belarus athletes can return to international competitions because they already compete without friction in some sports, Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk said on Wednesday.
"We have a ranking system in our sport. If I don't participate I will lose my ranking and my career will be over," added Kostyuk, ranked 38 in the world. "Unfortunately we are not independent players. We are working for WTA and ATP organisations and we do not have a lot of power to make changes." Athletes from Russia and Belarus, Moscow's ally, were banned from most international competitions last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The IOC cited human rights concerns for Russian athletes and the current participation of Russians and Belarusians in some sports as reasons for the decision."What Bach told us was wrong," said Czech Olympic champion Dominik Hasek, an ice hockey gold medallist in 1998, who also won bronze in 2006 and played in the NHL for many years.
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