There will be no Russian and Belarusian athletes at the next World Figure Skating Championships, in a fortnight, in Montpellier (Hérault).
The French Federation of Ice Sports and the organizing committee of the event, which will take place from March 21 to 27 at the Sud de France Arena, indicated on Tuesday that they supported “the position of the ISU [ the International Skating Union] and the IOC [International Olympic Committee]” on the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians from sports competitions, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Organizing Committee for the World Cup and the FFSG support the position of the ISU and the IOC: for the World Championships in Montpellier, from March 21 to 27, there will be no athletes or officials from Russia or Belarusians.
https://t.co/dlNfTW3gtx
– FFSG (@ffsportsdeglace) March 1, 2022
Access to this content has been blocked to respect your choice of consent
By clicking on "
I ACCEPT
", you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to third-party content
I ACCEPT
You can also modify your choices at any time via "choice of consent".
More information on the Cookie Management Policy page.
"It's a different war"
Asked about France Bleu Hérault, Christian Assaf (PS), vice-president of the Montpellier metropolitan area in charge of sports, welcomed such a decision.
Our live on the War in Ukraine
And he goes further.
The elected official indicates that “no Montpellier team will play against a Russian team, on French territory and in Russia” or elsewhere in the world.
“Boycott, to isolate them and to put pressure, notes Christian Assaf.
All means to bring Vladimir Putin to reason (…) are necessary.
It is a war otherwise, but I hope it will be as effective as guns and missiles.
»
Sport
War in Ukraine: Between sanctions and positions, does sport have the means to weigh on Vladimir Putin?
Sport
War in Ukraine: The organization of the 2022 Volleyball World Cup withdrawn from the Russians
Languedoc Roussillon
Vladimir Poutine
Figure skating
War in Ukraine
Montpellier
Russia
Sport
0 comment
0 share
Share on Messenger
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Flipboard
Share on Pinterest
Share on Linkedin
Send by Mail
To safeguard
A fault ?
To print