Russia is looking into boycotting fencing qualifying competitions for next year's Paris Olympic Games after some fencers were not allowed to compete, Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Thursday. Russian Fencing Federation president Ilgar Mammadov had said the International Fen
Russia is looking into boycotting fencing qualifying competitions for next year's Paris Olympic Games after some fencers were not allowed to compete, Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Thursday.
While Russians and Belarusians have been given the green light to compete as neutrals by the International Olympic Committee , athletes contracted to the military or national security agencies of both nations cannot do so."As for fencing, I have repeatedly discussed with national team members the way they could return," TASS quoted Pozdnyakov as saying in his Telegram channel.
"The position is unanimous. Our fencers will participate only if they have equal rights with athletes from other countries, with no far-fetched or unlawful criteria and other artificial hurdles.""We strongly disapprove of such decisions. We consider it absolutely wrong to subject athletes to any political requirements for their participation in international competitions," he said.
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