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“In Europe, people, excuse me, have nothing to eat and nothing to heat their houses with.” The State Duma proposed to move the 2024 Olympics to Russia

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“In Europe, people, excuse me, have nothing to eat and nothing to heat their houses with.” The State Duma proposed to move the 2024 Olympics to Russia

Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, believes that France cannot afford to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, so it is better to move the competition to Russia.

The Summer Olympic Games in Paris are due to take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Earlier it was reported about the budget deficit and the departure of a number of sponsors. Sports officials are worried that the Games may not take place.

– In Europe, people, excuse me, have nothing to eat and nothing to heat their houses with. In this situation, it is absolutely logical to hear about serious problems in preparation for the Olympic Games. It seems to me that they need to prioritize correctly: do they want to spend a quality holiday or still find money to heat their houses? Judging by the foreign policy of France, they will not have money in the next decade. It turns out that the only option is to hold the 2024 Games sparsely, modestly, saving on everything and much lowering the bar we set when organizing the Olympics in Sochi and other major sporting events.

Especially now the cost of the organization is rising every day, we see it on the news from Europe. And if they still manage to find money, then the people of their politicians will not understand: they will be outraged why the temperature of the water in the Olympic pool will be higher than the temperature of the water at home. You know how sensitive the Europeans are to this.

Therefore, I urge our European colleagues to once again soberly assess the situation. If they can’t afford to hold the Olympic Games, let them refuse. And even better: let them go to the Russian Olympic Committee and ask them to lend them a helping hand, taking over the organization of the 2024 Games. I think that we have every opportunity to organize the Olympic Games in the best possible way. The infrastructure is there, the opportunities are there, the experience is there, the desire is there too. Why not? Once again, we will extend a helping hand to Europe, we will save them, ”Match TV quotes Svishchev as saying.

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    Kazakevich about missing the sprint in Demino: “Tereshchenko and I both had the flu. Looks like Hong Kong”

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    Kazakevich about missing the sprint in Demino: “Tereshchenko and I both had the flu. Looks like Hong Kong”

    Olympic silver medalist biathlete Irina Kazakevich said on Match TV that the coaching staff did not allow her and Inna Tereshchenko to go to the start of the sprint race as part of the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup.

    The women’s sprint will take place on Friday and start at 14:00 Moscow time.

    — Inna and I, unfortunately, will not take part in the race, it was the coach’s decision. We need to practice a little, because the illness has not gone away without a trace. We had the flu, it looked like the Hong Kong flu. We will continue to prepare and hope that we will receive permission to enter the mass start,” Kazakevich said on Match TV.

    Watch the live broadcast of the men’s sprint at the stage of the Russian Biathlon Cup on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru from 10:30 Moscow time, the women’s race – from 13:50.

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    Biathletes from the French team won the relay at the World Cup in Ruhpolding

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    Biathletes from the French team won the relay at the World Cup in Ruhpolding

    The French team won the men’s relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.

    On Thursday, French biathletes completed the distance in 1 hour 8 minutes 58.1 seconds. Fabien Claude, Oscar Lombardo, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Eric Perrault played for the national team. The team took one penalty loop and also used four additional rounds on eight firing lines.

    Second place was taken by the Norwegian team, which lost to the French by 6.2 seconds (7 additional rounds). The third result was shown by the German team (+7.9; 5).

    On Friday, January 16, the women’s sprint is scheduled as part of the World Cup in Ruhpolding.

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    Norwegian biathletes won the relay at the World Cup in Ruhpolding

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    Norwegian biathletes won the relay at the World Cup in Ruhpolding

    Norwegian biathletes won the 4×6 km relay at the fifth stage of the World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.

    The Norwegian team (Marte Krakstad Johansen, Juni Arnekleive, Caroline Offigstad Knotten, Maren Kirkade) won with a result of 1 hour 7 minutes 6.2 seconds, using 9 additional cartridges.

    Second were the Italians Hanna Auchenthalle, Dorothea Wierer, Michela Carrara and Lisa Vittozzi, who lost 0.9 seconds to Kirkade at the finish line. The Italian team also avoided penalty loops and used four additional rounds.

    The top three were completed by the Swedish team, represented by Johanna Skottheim, Lynn Gestblom, Elvira Oeberg and Hannah Oeberg (+3.0; 0/7).

    On Thursday, January 15, the men’s 4×7.5 km relay will take place at the World Cup in Ruhpolding.

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