"Just the way we like it": Russian Olympiic champion says Russians will be begged to return to world sport

Two-time Olympic champion Svetlana Ishmuratova expressed confidence that Russian athletes will be asked to return to international competitions in a year. The former biathlete also dreamed of the victory of the Russian army in the criminal war against Ukraine.

Ishmuratova said this in an interview with the propaganda news agency RIA Novosti. The accomplice of Vladimir Putin's regime, who holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the army of the Russian occupiers, criticized the International Olympic Committee for allowing Russian representatives to participate.

"Now our guys just have to win the SMO in Ukraine (as Russia shamefully calls the war in Ukraine - Ed.), and then the situation will change dramatically. We will stay in this state for one more year, and then we will have to win our Olympic medals, which we are missing. The IOC and federations will invite and ask us to participate in many competitions. I think we need to wait for that moment and perform with the anthem, the flag, and everything as we like," Ishmuratova said.

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