Ukrainian skier Dotsenko criticized the admission of Russians to international tournaments

Ukrainian skier Andrei Dotsenko criticized the admission of Russians Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva to international tournaments.

"I'm on him (Korosteleva. — Ed.) I'm not mad. But sport is politics. And this is not good," the Finnish newspaper Italehti quoted Dotsenko as saying in response to a question about the acceptability of the Russian athlete's participation.

When asked by a Finnish journalist about Korostelev's participation in the Toblach competition, he said he "agreed 100 percent" that Russian athletes should not be allowed to participate in international tournaments.

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