Government puts associations under pressure

by time news

Dhe federal government is putting the German associations under pressure. Travel to competitions with athletes from Russia and Belarus are no longer eligible for funding, the Ministry of the Interior informed all associations supported from Berlin on Wednesday. According to the company, this threatened funding freeze should not prevent athletes from participating in international competitions and title fights. However, the associations are expected to work internationally to exclude those who supported the countries that invaded Ukraine.

Internationally, the swimming association as well as those for tennis, cycling, biathlon, judo and skateboarding allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate as neutral athletes. The International Paralympic Committee initially intended this for its Winter Games, but had to exclude the teams under pressure from its member organizations.

The majority of international sports organizations have canceled their events in Russia and Belarus, banning athletes from these countries from competitions. The German Swimming Federation would, if Fina stuck to its policy, at the World Championships in July in Budapest and at the European Championships in Rome the following month, sit on its travel expenses.

The e-mail from the Ministry of the Interior begins by pointing out that organized sport in Germany has taken a clear position on the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, which violates international law. The threat of not paying travel expenses to competitions only follows at point three. First of all, it is announced that travel to Russia and Belarus and to areas occupied by these countries will not be supported with donations, even if training camps or competitions are held there.

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