MOSCOW : Russian wrestler Nadezhda Sokolova is determined to compete in the Paris Olympics even if that means taking part as an independent.
Russian wrestler Nadezhda Sokolova poses for a picture during an interview after winning the 50kg women's final at the Russian Pre-Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Championship at Live Arena venue outside Moscow, Russia, May 1, 2024. Russia's top freestyle wrestlers seeking Olympic glory plan to go to Paris this summer but will have to participate as independents and compete without their country's flag or anthem.
Russian sports chiefs in several other disciplines, including boxing, gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, have said their athletes won't go to the Games because they refuse to submit to what they see as humiliating and unfair demands. The International Olympic Committee has required Russian and Belarusian athletes to undergo a rigorous vetting process to ensure they do not support Moscow's conflict in Ukraine before they can compete.
Russia has made clear it does not want a repeat of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states boycotted after Moscow accused Washington of fomenting"anti-Soviet hysteria". The United States had boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Head coach of freestyle wrestling Khadzhimurat Gatsalov said his athletes would show"no aggression" towards Ukrainians in Paris. Several Ukrainian athletes have refused to shake the hands of their Russian opponents at recent competitions.
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