Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling and People's Deputy of Ukraine Zhan Beleniuk spoke about the sanctions against Russian and Belarusian athletes.

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Some federations did not even listen, such as the Aquatics Federation, because it is headed by representatives of the Russian Federation, and they agreed that the athletes compete under a neutral flag (the comment was recorded in the decision of FINA to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes - ed..

Nevertheless, with regard to our initiatives, I think it is advisable to demand a suspension with specific deadlines so that it does not happen that, conditionally speaking, the war ends tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and the athletes who supported this aggression will go out to their sports fields tomorrow and will continue in a normal.

Recall that the titled Paralympic swimmer Yevgeny Bogodaiko will auction his Tokyo 2020 gold medal, and the funds received for it will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.