The tall champion, who has won the World Cup, European Championship and Olympics, fired several salvos at Bach on the occasion that he – along with many Russian athletes – had been banned from international sport. It is written by Championat Russia.
“Mr. Bach, my name is Marija Lasitskene. I’m the Olympic high jump champion from Tokyo 2020. I’m not sure if you know me, because based on your recent statements and decisions, you’ve been much closer to politics and farther away from athletes and professional sports in the past. generally”, Lasitskene opened a letter he posted on social media.
Lasitske failed to meet Putin when he was about to pay homage to Russia’s Olympic champions this spring, not wanting to be used in propaganda. He has previously criticized Russian authorities’ negligence on doping matters.
He believed that it was very unfair that he lost the opportunity to compete just because he had a Russian passport. He gave an example that in four of the last seven years he has not had the opportunity to participate in international events, although personally there has never been a case against him.
“Except for one thing. The International Athletics Federation takes a trump card off its sleeve at every turn in the form of my Russian passport,” he wrote in the letter.
“Amateur analyst. Zombie geek. Hardcore troublemaker. Internet expert. Incurable twitter fanatic.”
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