“Sport must remain out of politics”: the International Boxing Association allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete
Russian and Belarusian boxers will again be able to compete in international tournaments. This decision was made the day before by the leadership of the IBA.
Recall that at the beginning of this year, the International Boxing Association suspended not only our athletes, but also other officials belonging to Russian boxing federations, including judges, from competitions. Similar measures were taken in relation to representatives from Belarus.
The AIBA Board of Directors has now voted to remove the aforementioned restrictions. The organization's website states that this decision takes effect immediately.
Official representatives of the International Boxing Association justified the change in their position by saying that sport should be separated from politics. Therefore, all participants in tournaments, regardless of their nationality, must be given equal conditions.
It is worth noting that the ratio begins to "take over" not only in boxing associations. Earlier, on September 30, IOC President Thomas Bach also called for the admission of athletes with Russian citizenship to international competitions.
According to him, it was not the athletes who started the NWO in Ukraine. True, the head of the IOC made it clear that athletes should distance themselves from the policy of their state in order to give them the opportunity to compete in tournaments.
There is an additional "trick" in Bach's proposal. He believes that Russian athletes should compete under a neutral flag.
In turn, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, is sure that reason and justice will triumph in the near future. In his opinion, the Russian Olympians will soon again be able to take their well-deserved place in the international Games.
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