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Added on the 01/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Moscow, Jun 30 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Yury Kochetkov) The Russian Olympic team attended on Wednesday to celebrate a mass at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were scheduled for the end of July 2021 due to restrictions due to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020.FOOTAGE OF THE MASS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOR IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
Russian Winter Olympic athletes’ new 'neutral' uniform for the upcoming PyeonChang Winter Games was presented to the press in Moscow, Tuesday. Designed by Russian outfit company ZASPORT, the colour scheme of the neutral outfit consists of grey, red and white, bearing no national symbols apart from a logo reading “Olympic Athlete of Russia," which has been printed on parkas, jackets, warm-up suits, sweatshirts and t-shirts.
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach wants ‘clean’ Russian athletes to compete under a neutral flag at the 2018 PyeonChang Winter Olympic Games he said at a press conference in Lausanne on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the IOC banned Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, following an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at Sochi in 2014. The Russian Olympic Committee denies the allegations.
Figure Skating Trainer Tatyana Tarasova was visibly distressed as she reacted to the IOC's decision to ban the Russian team from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Moscow on Tuesday. The International Olympic Committee has found Russia guilty of state-sponsored doping and has banned the Russian Olympic Committee from competing. Clean athletes will be allowed to compete in the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, although not under the Russian flag.
Russian winter athletes, including skeleton racer Olga Potylitsina, European skeleton champion Elena Nikitina, Skeleton racer Alexsandr Tretyakov, and cross-country skier Alexei Petukohv reacted to the news. On Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in a press conference in Lausanne it would ban Russia from participating at the next Winter Olympics 2018, allowing clean Russian athletes to compete under a neutral flag.