“Our athletes do not compete in the international arena for half a year.
By the end of the year, there will be a huge question about their getting to the Grand Prix, if they don’t get there, they automatically lose the opportunity to go to the Games through the rating, ”TASS quotes Ivanov.
According to him, Olympic champions Vladislav Larin and Maxim Khramtsov, Olympic silver medalist Tatyana Minina remain in the top ten of the Olympic rating today.
Ivanov stressed that the Grand Prix is the main qualifying competition for getting to the Olympics.
The World Taekwondo Federation has banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions.
Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Craig Reedy said that at present there is no clear understanding of how to achieve representation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Olympic qualification competitions.
Earlier it was reported that Russian taekwondo player Dmitry Zakrepin was suspended for two years for doping.