“Please don’t blow this up,” writes the Serbian Volleyball Federation a statement on Facebook. “We offer our sincere apologies to the Thai team and the people of Thailand.” on Instagram one of the Thai players responded that she accepts the apology.
Djurdjevic will not play in the upcoming matches against Belgium and Canada. The Serbian volleyball federation also has to pay a fine of more than 18,000 euros.
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The international volleyball federation FIVB says it will use the amount for actions against racism and discrimination in sport. A petition for more sanctions against Djurdjevic has now been signed several thousand times.
In 2017, the Serbian volleyball team was also discredited because of racism. At the end of a match, the entire team in such a way photographed.
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