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Thomas Bach stood up for Russian athletes after the words of the head of the NOC of Denmark
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, criticized the President of the National Olympic Committee of Denmark, Hans Natorp, for his words about the “Russians”.
Previously, Natorp opposed the return of Russian athletes to participate in international competitions. “We do not believe that the Russians should return,” said the Norwegian.
“We will not treat everyone with the same brush because of the actions of their government. This situation presents us with an insoluble dilemma. On the one hand, we cannot fully live up to our Olympic mission, which is to protect athletes and unite the whole world in a peaceful competition. We have all always agreed and insisted on this principle in the past when athletes from one country or another refused to compete with athletes from another country for political reasons.
We insisted on this principle because everyone agreed that such unifying peaceful competition is at the core of our mission. Now, unfortunately, in this unique situation, the only way to protect this mission was to recommend the non-participation of athletes only because of their passport. Sanctions can and should only be applied to those who are responsible for something, Bach said at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Seoul.
At the end of February, after the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, the IOC executive committee recommended that international federations not allow Russians and Belarusians to compete under their auspices. Many federations followed the recommendations and suspended athletes from the two countries, some allowed them to participate in a neutral status.
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Three-time Olympic bronze medalist Eduard Latypov won the sprint race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Tchaikovsky.
Latypov covered the 10 km distance in 25 minutes 39.9 seconds, without making a single mistake at two shooting ranges.
Evgeniy Sidorov was second (+4.5 seconds; no misses), the top three was rounded out by Daniil Serokhvostov (+21.5; one miss).
Later, at the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup stage, a women’s sprint will be held. The start of the race is scheduled for 11:30 Moscow time
Watch the live broadcast of the competition on the Match TV and Match Planet TV channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when did it start, where to watch the live broadcast of the women’s sprint on December 19
On Friday, December 19, as part of the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup, a women’s 7.5 km sprint race will be held in Tchaikovsky.
The start is scheduled for 11:30 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the competition on the Match TV and Match Planet channels from 11:00.
The starting list includes 66 biathletes. Anna Sola, Anastasia Khalili, Natalia Shevchenko, Irina Kazakevich, Kristina Reztsova, Victoria Slivko will take the starting line.
You can also follow the progress of the competition on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when did it start, where to watch the live broadcast of the men’s sprint race on December 19
On Friday, December 19, as part of the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup, a men’s 10 km sprint race will be held in Tchaikovsky.
The race will start at 09:00 Moscow time. The live broadcast will be available on the Match TV, Match Arena and Match Planet TV channels from 08:35.
The starting list includes Daniil Serohvostov, Karim Khalili, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Kirill Bazhin, Alexander Loginov and others. A total of 98 athletes are participating.
You can also follow the progress of the competition on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.
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