“We hope that the position of common sense will prevail, especially since Lord Sebastian Coe plans to be nominated to the International Olympic Committee. The highest value for Olympism and sports in general are athletes, the organization’s president Thomas Bach has repeatedly said this. We hope that the athletes will not suffer, ”Matytsina TASS quotes.
VFLA was threatened with serious sanctions by World Athletics, up to a complete exception due to non-payment of a fine on time for violation of anti-doping rules related to the case of high jumpers Daniil Lysenko and falsification of documents. In which the previous leadership of VFLA is involved.
Earlier, Maria Lasitskene said she admits leaving the Russian team due to the situation around the VFLA.