Gazzayev commented on US decision on diplomatic boycott of OI-2022

In his opinion, wrong decisions lead to the fact that "athletes suffer".

“I would like sport to be outside of politics, but, unfortunately, today sport is a way of political pressure on countries,” Gazzayev said.

He stressed that he himself got into a situation when he was qualifying for the Olympic Games, but did not fly to Los Angeles in 1984.

“In 1980, the Americans did not arrive.

And who is suffering?

Athletes suffer because it is difficult today to separate politics from sports, "the RT interlocutor concluded.

Earlier, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced that the United States would arrange a diplomatic boycott of the Chinese Olympic Games in connection with "human rights violations."

At the same time, American athletes will take part in the upcoming Games.

China has announced it will take decisive action in response to a US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, which will take place from February 4 to 20.