Russian Olympic medalist complains that he was banned from saying "Russia" at the 2024 Olympics

Russian canoeist Alexey Koravoshkov complained that representatives of the Russian Federation were forbidden to even mention the name of the aggressor country during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The athlete, who participated in the competition in the so-called neutral status, noted that he was treated well at the tournament.

Koravoshkov said this in a commentary to the propaganda TV channel Match TV. The London 2012 bronze medalist, who was paired with Zakhar Petrov to take fourth place in the 500-meter doubles final, added that many athletes simply did not know which country he and his partner represented.

"Everything was great! The Russians were very supportive. But some foreigners didn't understand what kind of uniform we were wearing with the inscription AIN. They asked, 'Are you from the UAE by any chance? ' And we were not allowed to say that we were from Russia. Were we forbidden to say the name of the country? Yes, they insisted on not mentioning our country," Koravoshkov said.

Earlier, Russian synchronized swimmer Alla Shishkina was outraged that there was almost no mention of athletes from Russia during the 2024 Olympic Games.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, the president of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation Irina Viner attributed the gold medal to the German athlete and the team from Russia.

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