Leaving an appeal unlikely and that means that a number of russian athletes who are still reeling from the fact that they will not be able to compete under their own flag will now be hit with another blow others said to be excluded from the list are prominent hockey players and figure skaters again all of whom have never tested positive for doping and yet they will not be forced to watch the games from the sidelines with forty three other other teammates who have been hit by bans earlier and another Gold Medalist who is also thought to be excluded is speed skater victor that he thought korean by birth which means that his dreams of competing in his home country are looking rather dim at this point and while condemnation of the decision has continued to flow in that unlikely to change the i. O. C. Is mind. Well a number of international as well as the heads of the committees have condemned the bombing about never tested positive for substances this is the head of the. Olympic committee
Canadian coach Scott Macpherson for their views on the exclusion of clean russian updates i think its awful i think russia should go with the best team because they have the best hockey players outside the cho and its going to be sad for the tournament but the best russian is not tom i think the have to be able to do it a little older so they dont defect just like three four weeks before the olympics so its a big. Might think its somewhat misguided in that i think most of the players on the Russian Olympic Team or the athletes from russia team that are going to be in korea they werent even in the last olympics Everybody Knows who really a cultural joke is Everybody Knows who you know the great figure skaters are so at the end of the day you know if the russians win in hockey or if an individual figure skater or somebody wins they know who they are and everyone knows who they are and the appreciate them as athletes and you know all the hard work and sacrifice that theyve made to be able
A culture because Everybody Knows who you know the great figure skaters are so at the end of the day you know if the russians win in hockey or if an individual figure skater or somebody wins they know who they are and everyone knows who they are and they appreciate them as athletes and you know all the hard work and sacrifice that theyve made to be able to compete at the olympic level the players that are on the russian team are guys that we played against from the time we were little kids we know that theyre clean that yeah i mean its really unfortunately politics seems to be slipping into athletics and thats really not that. Cashmore sociology professor at Aston University in the u. K. Says band athletes have not been given enough time to appeal. B. A limb pick tournament itself is an invitation only event and that means that the organizers have the power to exclude nations or individuals willy nilly they can do it as they please there is some kind of attempt to ostracize russia russ
Players side show and its going to be sad for the tournament but the best russian is not coming to i think have to be able to do it a little older so they arent affected just like three four weeks before the olympics so its a big. Might think its somewhat misguided in that i think most of the players on the Russian Olympic Team or other athletes from russia team that are going to be in korea they werent even in the last olympics Everybody Knows really a cultural joke is Everybody Knows who you know the great figure skaters are so at the end of the day you know if the russians win in hockey or if an individual figure skater or somebody wins they know who they are and everyone knows who they are in the appreciate them as athletes and you know all the hard work and sacrifice that theyve made to be able to compete at the olympic level the players that are on the russian team are guys that we played against from the time we were little kids we know that theyre clean that yeah i mean its rea
A number of russian ice hockey players bobsledders and figure skaters who did not even participate in the sochi two thousand and fourteen Olympic Games are also missing from the list some sport unions and federations have already demanded that the i. O. C. Clarify its decision the i. O. C. Head has claimed it wants to give way to a quote new clean generation. The i. O. C. Wanted to give clean russian athletes the opportunity to participate and give a young and new generation of clean russian athletes the opportunity to be at the Olympic Games and be ambassadors for a new clean russian sport the president of the French Federation of ice sports gave us his view on that the exclusion of queen russia athletes because. Sport should not be used as a tool for politicians games should be a celebration for the sporting world and for the athletes whove worked so hard for this event and done nothing wrong sport should unite people should be sanctioned if the allegations are proven as anyone shoul