Maria Zakharova the Spokeswoman of Russian Overseas Ministery mentioned, ” Denying dark-skinned French monitor and area athlete Sounkamba Sylla (a Muslim), proper to participate within the opening ceremony of the Olympic Recreation, is a blatant act of segregation “.
The Spokeswoman emphasised that the next case, in addition to earlier choices on Russian and Belarusian athletes present that the fashionable Olympics don’t have anything to do with the objectives of the Olympic motion declared greater than a century in the past in Paris and contradict the Olympic spirit.
Maria Zakharova added extra, ” as soon as once more the precept of “Sports activities Past Politics”, sacred for a lot of generations has been trampled upon within the spirit of neoliberal dictate by the Collective West, represented by the French sports activities authorities. Opposite to the statements of the officers in France in regards to the want for the range and freedom of expression, dissenters are demonstratively uncovered to sanctions”.
