The Russian Olympic Committee has found the new requirements imposed on athletes from the Russian Federation to participate in the Olympic Games unacceptable.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus must all wear white. Well, or, in extreme cases, in something monophonic, and nothing shiny, which would “disclose” belonging to one’s country. These are the new requirements of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which are posted on the organization’s website. Besides the fact that athletes were prohibited from depicting flags, national symbols, logos, anthems, compositions and other symbols of Russian identity, a similar ban was also extended to spectators.
Spectators also cannot use Russian national costumes, such as sundresses, ear flaps, felt boots, kokoshniks, accordions, Gzhel, Khokhloma, Russian music and other items of culture Russian.
Photo: depositphotos.com In a nutshell, all national identification signs are considered undesirable.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has reviewed unacceptable new recommendations on the admission of Russian athletes to competition.
“Neutral status is a clear discrimination based on nationality, a violation of basic human and civil rights, which has been repeatedly emphasized by international humanitarian experts, including United Nations human rights experts, in course of the last few months. It is significant that their position is almost completely ignored,” read the statement posted on the ROC’s website.
The company immediately began to discuss: should Russia participate in the Olympic Games in 2024 or would it be more correct to refuse. In particular, State Duma Deputy Svetlana Zhurnova believes that Russia should not boycott the 2024 Olympics after the IOC requested the admission of Russian athletes to international competitions. The first deputy chairman of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee stressed that the Russian Federation could refuse to participate in the Olympics under such conditions, specifying that “a boycott and a refusal are two different things”.
“Let other countries announce boycotts if they don’t like Russia being allowed in before the Olympics. We can refuse. Boycotting and refusing are two different things. We can refuse these conditions, because our whole team cannot fully participate,” Zhurova told News.ru.
Svetlana Zhurova. Photo: social networks The Olympic champion believes that Thomas Bach is well aware that Russia will not accept such conditions.
However, Russia is no stranger to such absurd bans. For example, in 2021, the IOC banned Russian synchronized swimmers at the Tokyo Olympics from using swimsuits with bears. As the girls were told, bears are associated with Russia.
“We sent a sketch of the swimsuits for approval, and we were told that due to the fact that the swimsuits have a bear image, they cannot be approved, because they are associated with our country. We were shown confirmation that the relevant recommendations were given by the IOC – bears are prohibited, – RIA Novosti quotes synchronized swimmer Svetlana Romashina.
In this regard, commentator Dmitry Guberniev joked, suggesting that as a measure to implement WADA sanctions, Romashina should not be allowed to smile so that she is not associated with Russia.
Svetlana Romashina. Photo: Wikipedia The madness reached such a point that the worldwide popular song “Katyusha” was banned.
Well-known producer and wife of figure skating champion Yana Rudkovskaya considered IOC chief Thomas Bach’s statement that Russian athletes will only be able to return to international competitions if they renounce their nationality as unfair and life-destroying. exceptional people in sport.
But the IOC continues to surprise with its decisions. The Committee did not include Russia and Belarus among the European broadcasters of the Olympic Games from 2026 to 2032. And this means that these two countries cannot broadcast the Olympic Games. Without Kokoshniks, Earpieces, Bears: IOC Bans All Russian for Athletes and Spectators
