South Korean journalists also believe that the possible absence of Russian Olympians in Pyeongchang may interfere with Seoul's plans to establish relations with North Korea, whose presence at the Olympics is also in question. So local media responded to the decision of the IOC to remove the entire national team of Russia from participating in the Winter Games, RIA Novosti reports.. According to the official of the secretariat of the South Korean President Mun Zhe Ina, if the Russians are not in Pyeongchang, the concept of the "Olympics of Peace" promoted by the head of state Mun Zhe Inom will be under attack,. In addition, the organizers of the Games will face financial problems due to a boycott of Russian TV channels to broadcast the Olympics. It is noted that as soon as the Koreans heard the unfortunate verdict of the Moscow Olympic Committee unpleasant for Moscow, we recall that this black day for sportsmen and fans from the Russian Federation happened on December 5 - the President of the Republic issued three orders: the Organizing Committee of the Games-2018 to prepare a statement supporting this decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold closed consultations with their colleagues from Russia and inform them of their readiness to support the Russian Olympians who decide to go to Pyeongchang, the Ministry of Culture must release a statement that the Olympics is a good opportunity to strengthen Ocean between countries. It is reported that the leader of South Korea repeatedly said that he would like to see athletes from the Russian Federation at the Games, and also suggested using the competition as "an opportunity to build peace on the Korean peninsula". Therefore, the support of Moscow, which shares this opinion and has channels of communication with Pyongyang, would be very important. With the option of the absence of Russian athletes in Pyeongchang, the Russian Federation will not have the incentives to convince the DPRK representatives to go to the southern neighbors. Meanwhile, on Monday, December 11, it became known that the commission of athletes of the ROC supported the performance of domestic athletes in a neutral status at the OI-2018. According to her chairman of the Olympic champion in fencing Sophia the Great, this conclusion was the overwhelming majority of Olympians. Later today on the site of the ROC appeared an official statement of the commission. "Every athlete has a dream. For her, he trains daily from an early age, gives all his time and energy. This dream is called the Olympic Games. There is nothing more emotional and meaningful than going up to the top step of the pedestal, hearing the hymn of your country and seeing how in honor of your victory the national flag rises.
The Olympic medal never belongs only to the one who won it.
It belongs to all the people, "reads the document.
It notes that the desire to participate in the Games-2018, even in obviously unequal conditions with other athletes, is dictated not by personal ambitions, but by the desire "to speak for their homeland, for their relatives and friends, for their dedicated fans, for their nation, which For many centuries it was and remains one of the greatest in the world ".
Athletes dedicate all their future possible Olympic awards to Russia. It should be noted that respected and titled domestic sportsmen, representing exclusively summer sports.