Russia says its athletes want to compete at the Olympics
MOSCOW — Russian athletes are overwhelmingly in favour of competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Games despite a ban on the national team, the country’s Olympic committee said Monday.
Sofia Velikaya said the Russian Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission, which she chairs, has heard from “all the athletes in all sports” on the Olympic program, with a majority in favour of competing.
Velikaya said no athletes have told the ROC they would rather boycott.
“At the current moment, everyone’s training and everyone’s hoping to take part in the Olympics,” Velikaya said.