MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/. The program for funding foreign coaches and specialists in Russian national teams is currently suspended. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov.
“The vast majority of them (foreign coaches – note TASS) have now severed relations with our federations for one reason: there are no international departures, there is no international cooperation,” Pozdnyakov said. – It has become problematic to fully engage and motivate these specialists for constant high-quality work. Even purely psychologically it is not easy for them. We have therefore suspended the program for their financing, now the federations are working with those who have decided to stay in Russia at their own expense”.
On February 28, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that international sports federations prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Many sports federations have agreed with the recommendation and Russia has also lost the right to host a number of tournaments in various sports.
