Thomas Bach, the outgoing head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in an interview with RND, answered a question about Russia's return to the Olympic movement.
"A subtle difference should be noted: we are not talking about a country or a government, we are talking about athletes. And every athlete who follows the Olympic rules should be able to participate in the Olympic Games. Athletes from the territories of all 206 national Olympic committees, including those with Russian and Belarusian passports, competed in Paris.
However, due to violations of the Olympic Charter by their National Olympic Committees, they had to compete as individual neutral athletes under special conditions.
This may seem complicated, but it is our only way to ensure compliance with the Olympic Charter and, on the other hand, not to punish athletes for the actions of their government or the National Olympic Committee. It worked brilliantly in Paris.
For example, athletes with Russian passports met with Ukrainian athletes in the Olympic Village a few days before the opening. Athletes from all crisis regions of the world were also present. This shows that political neutrality is possible and that sport can carry the message of peace," says Bach, as always being cunning and distorting the facts.
The German also reacted to the question of his relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"We cooperated very well with him on the issue of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi — as with every government, every head of state of the host country. So it was later with the heads of state and government in Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China and, finally, with Emmanuel Macron and the French government.
However, shortly after the Games in Sochi became aware of the state sponsorship of doping in Russia, which seriously spoiled relations. As a result of our actions after the start of SMO on Ukraine (the wording has been changed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation — Ed.) relations with Russia are now not only completely frozen, but have also changed to the exact opposite. Since then in They call me a Nazi in Russia."
And again, a simple lie about "state sponsorship of doping." Moreover, doping is eaten all over the world, and for Norwegians it is simply legalized under the heading "asthma". And the massacre of Russian sports is more politically motivated, but not pharmacologically.
And the fierce Russophobe Bach, who in Sochi was watered with selected champagne and fed black caviar to the point of hiccups, he knows this very well. But until the last day of his MOCK career, he will voice the text of the jagged manual. Otherwise, he will not see a happy retirement somewhere in the mountains, near the transparent lake.
And he is rarely called a Nazi. More of a rat, a bastard, an "eltonjon", a parquet coward and an executioner of Russian high-performance sports. Yes, and... with him. I'm worried about something else. As if the Bach replacement is back in Sochi was not brought to eat-to drink. We do not draw conclusions, and the rake is our national sports equipment.
Here the British scoundrel Coe will be put on the post of head of the IOC and dances with tambourines and bears will begin around him. They say, my dear father, let me get to the Olympics and allow national identification, otherwise we are performing in a gray and dull for the tenth year, my soul is aching.
And Sebastian will lick the silver spoon from the Romanov dining set and say ironically in response: for this Olympics without a flag, and then we'll see…
And then San Sanych Karelin — hit him on the floor, through the thigh…
Sorry, I got distracted. We're not like that. And they know it perfectly well. That's why they sneer.