2024-03-28 23:27:59
During the General Assembly, Lejnieks, as the head of the Latvian delegation appointed by the IOC Executive Committee, presented the current situation at the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, confirmed that the IOC is currently taking a position to go to the Games, and mentioned that the IOC continues to encourage “the IOC to adopt more and more additional and detailed decisions”. about individual athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports.
He said that the latest results of the work of the Olympic Committees of the Baltic States are the prohibition by the IOC Executive Committee on the participation of Russian and Belarusian individual athletes in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on March 19.
“The work does not stop, and we must continue to focus on the current issues. Currently, both the LOK and the athletes are preparing for the 33rd Summer Olympic Games and hope for the largest possible representation of athletes in Paris,” says Lejnieks.
It has already been reported that 39 of the 99 delegates voted for changes in the statutes at the General Assembly on Wednesday, while 60 delegates were against. On the other hand, 35 votes were cast, 60 against, but one ballot was invalid for the reorganization that would allow merging with the Council of Latvian Sports Federations (LSFP).
2024-03-28 23:27:59