{"id":21003,"date":"2022-06-11T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T15:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/olympic-champion-lasitskene-calls-for-ioc-to-lift-sanctions-on-russian-athletes"},"modified":"2022-06-11T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T15:12:39","slug":"olympic-champion-lasitskene-calls-for-ioc-to-lift-sanctions-on-russian-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/olympic-champion-lasitskene-calls-for-ioc-to-lift-sanctions-on-russian-athletes","title":{"rendered":"Olympic champion Lasitskene calls for IOC to lift sanctions on Russian athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Russian Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene has called on the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to end sanctions against Russian athletes.<\/p>\n

The IOC recommended a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour decision did not stop the war but gave birth to a new one,\u201d Lasitskene wrote in an open letter. \u201cYou say you made this decision for our safety but it\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lasitskene, who won gold at Tokyo 2020, has been banned from international competition since World Athletics excluded \u201call athletes, support personnel and officials from Russia and Belarus\u201d from World Athletics Series events, following the IOC\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n

The three-time world champion also missed out on the 2016 Olympics in Rio when Russia were punished for state-sponsored doping. She won her 2017 and 2019 world titles competing as a neutral athlete and represented the Russian Olympic Committee in last year\u2019s delayed Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf the last seven years, in total, I have not had the opportunity to compete in international competitions for about four,\u201d Lasitskene wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorld Athletics use my Russian passport as the trump card at every opportunity. And you saw no issues with this. Now they are doing this again, but directly at your instigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old accused the IOC of preferring to know \u201cnothing of Russian athletes\u2019 opinions and how our athletes live in light of recent events in Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main colleagues in the high jump sector are Ukrainian girls. And I still don\u2019t know what to say to them or how to look into their eyes,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey and their friends and relatives are experiencing what no one human being should ever have to feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of sport federations have taken the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes, officials and teams from international events.<\/p>\n

Lasitskene, who has been critical of Russia\u2019s sporting governing bodies in recent years, said Bach and the IOC had chosen the \u201ceasiest solution\u201d in banning athletes because of their citizenship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suspect that you will not have the courage or the dignity to put an end to the sanctions against Russian athletes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Russian Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene has called on the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to end sanctions against Russian athletes. 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