"They will become our enemies": Russian Olympic champion is happy that her compatriots have "no chance" of competing at the 2024 Olympics

The President of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation (RCCF), Elena Vyalbe, is delighted that Russian athletes have virtually no chance of competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The 55-year-old winner of three Olympic Games added that athletes who agree to the conditions of admission without the flag and anthem of the aggressor country will become the country's enemies.

Vyalbe said this on the air of the propaganda TV channel Match TV. She thanked the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which banned Russians from participating in team competitions at the Games in the French capital, and set strict admission criteria for individual tournaments.

"I've said many times: I thank IOC for doing everything they could to ensure that our young athletes have no chance to participate in the Games. Some of the young people could still hesitate and still decide to go. But how would they have come back? They would definitely become enemies for the whole country. But no one has any chance of leaving. For this I am very grateful to the IOC. I don't think any Russians will be there. You should take a better look at the competitions we have in our country," Vyalbe said.

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