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The main Russian archers decided not to participate in the qualifying competitions for the 2024 Olympic Games, the head of the Archery Federation, Vladimir Yesheyev, declared this Wednesday.
«Our athletes will not participate in the qualification for the Olympic Games. “There are no people willing to act without the flag and the anthem in the national team, especially since we have many representing CSKA and Dinamo (armed organ teams), Yeséyev added to the press this Wednesday.”
“The executive committee of the Federation approved the participation of athletes in neutral status, but they themselves have not shown interest in traveling to the Olympiad,” he added.
The head of the Federation noted that to obtain neutral status, Russian athletes had to be controlled by the International Federation, and each had to pay two thousand Swiss francs for the study of their personal data to meet the admission requirements. to the games.
Russian archers won two silver medals at the last Olympic event in Tokyo.
The Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11. Russian and Belarusian athletes will only be able to compete in them as neutrals, as long as they are not associated with security agencies and do not represent team sports.
The International Olympic Committee will not require them to sign a document condemning the special military operation, but they will not be able to participate in the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony. If gold medals are won in Paris, they will be awarded with specially created music without lyrics.
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