The Russian Olympic Committee did not receive an invitation to participate in the Asian Games

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has not received an invitation to participate in the autumn Asian Games. This was stated by the President of the Russian Sports Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov, writes TASS.

At the end of January, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) offered Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in this year’s Asian Summer Games subject to the conditions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

When asked about the possibility of the participation of the Russian team in the Asian Games, Pozdnyakov replied that the IOC recommendations contain “political requirements that are absolutely unacceptable.” “It says that athletes have no right to represent either their national federations or their national Olympic committee. In this part, even some hypothetical possibility of some kind of organized performance at these competitions will look rather strange, ”said the head of the ROC.

Pozdnyakov added that he was not ready to answer until the ROC received an invitation to the Asian Games, and until then “it makes no sense to discuss this issue in detail.”

On March 28, IOC President Thomas Bach announced that the organization supports the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes in a neutral status, however, for this, athletes must condemn the hostilities in Ukraine and not be associated with the Russian and Belarusian armed forces or national security agencies. In particular, they will only be able to participate in individual sports.

In April, ROC President Pozdnyakov announced that the Russian committee would develop its own recommendations from all-Russian sports federations regarding the IOC. May 25 he condemned the signing of political declarations by Russian athletes for participation in international competitions, and the committee promised to “restore justice.”