“We hope that the position of common sense will prevail. Athletes are the highest value for sports, IOC President Thomas Bach has repeatedly said this. We hope that the athletes will not suffer, ”Matytsina quotes TASS.

VFLA was supposed to pay a fine to World Athletics in the amount of $ 5 million by July 1, but failed to do so on time.

Earlier it was reported that the athlete Volkov is working on a change of sports citizenship.