The Kremlin expressed admiration for the removal of the Russian flag at the Paralympics in Rio. Belarusian was presented with an apartment for the Russian flag at the Paralympics How the Belarusian carried the Russian flag

The Olympic rings of the 2016 Summer Games creak, but turn, and there is less and less time left before the opening ceremony of the main sports tournament of this year. The current Olympics began its journey long before August 5 - with scandals about the expulsion of Russian athletes. And there is no doubt that the Games in Rio de Janeiro will be remembered primarily by this very side, far from sports.

But be that as it may, life goes on, and sports - too. The Russian Olympic team has already arrived in Brazil. The official website of the Olympics published the composition of the Russian delegation, it included 271 people. However, it is still not completely clear which of them will be allowed to take part in the Games and which will not. The Americans were outraged because of the flag of Russia on the form of the national team

Sports courts and commissions are still deciding on the admission of Russian athletes to the Olympics on an individual basis, and cases will be decided up to the opening day.

The confusion here is such that the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and a specially created commission now and then postpone press conferences, fearing to comment on anything, and cancel each other's decisions. As the journalists in Rio bitterly joke, it will come to the point that the Russians will be disqualified after the start of the Olympics - right during the competition, and even the awards.

Those Russian athletes who are nevertheless allowed to compete will have to speak for their absent colleagues, including athletes who have been excommunicated from the Games all in a crowd, without dividing into right and wrong.

This, according to boxer Misha Aloyan, should add to their sports anger. “We will fight for our entire country, because our strongest athletes in athletics have been suspended from participation in the Olympic Games. Therefore, we will fight for them too,” promised the bronze medalist of the 2012 Games in London.

The flag of Russia in Rio is almost like a miracle

On the opening day, the Russian team will be held in front of the stands, among other delegations. And our team will be led, as expected, by a standard-bearer with the Russian tricolor. It is strange to remember that just a few days ago, even the fact that we would see this flag at the Rio Games was in doubt. Sports officials expect the stands to greet the Russians warmly - fans around the world are outraged by the persecution of Russian athletes, considering it unfair.

An experienced 40-year-old volleyball player Sergei Tetyukhin was assigned to carry the flag of the Russian national team. By tradition, the flag bearer in the national team is chosen at the meeting by the athletes themselves - the captains of teams in various sports. Among the requirements that this person must meet include his sports merit, the presence Olympic medals and prestige among peers.

Also, when choosing, the schedule of performances at the Olympics is taken into account, because participation in the opening ceremony with a flag in hand turns into considerable physical and psychological stress. The standard-bearer will have to hold a flag weighing several kilograms for at least half an hour. Needless to say, in this case, many eyes will be riveted on him. You also need to take into account the three-hour wait for the start of the celebration and two hours for the opening ceremony itself. That is why not all eminent athletes become standard bearers.

Standard-bearers of the past led by Karelin

In the history of the national teams of Russia, the CIS and the USSR, there were 25 flag bearers, some of the athletes were honored with such an honor more than once. Novosibirsk Alexander Karelin stands apart here, who carried the flag three times at the opening of the Games, and three teams - the USSR (in 1988 in Seoul), the CIS (in 1992 in Barcelona) and Russia (in 1996 in Atlanta). Weightlifter Yuri Vlasov, wrestler Nikolai Balboshin, hockey player Vladislav Tretiak and skier Alexei Prokurorov were flag bearers twice each. Analysts predicted Russia's place in the medal standings of the Olympics

Weightlifter Yakov Kutsenko became the first Olympic flag bearer in the USSR. It happened in 1952 at the XV Summer Olympic Games ah in Helsinki. At the winter games Soviet Union debuted in 1956 in the Italian Cortina-D "Ampezzo, then the skater Oleg Goncharenko was entrusted to carry the flag.

Behind last years Swimmer Alexander Popov (Athens), speed skater Dmitry Dorofeev (Turin), basketball player Andrei Kirilenko (Beijing), hockey player Alexei Morozov (Vancouver), bobsledder Alexander Zubkov (Sochi) became the flag bearers of the Russian national team.

Separately, it is worth noting the tennis player Maria Sharapova, who carried the Russian flag at the opening ceremony of the Games in London four years ago. She is the only woman in the glorious list of national standard-bearers.

The harder it is, the better we perform

For Sergei Tetyukhin, the Rio Olympics will be the sixth. Since Sydney 2000, he, along with the team, has never been left without a medal. He has two bronzes, one silver and one gold, the latter being obtained at the previous Games in London.

The participation of the volleyball player in the London Olympics was in doubt - the doctors diagnosed him with a heart rhythm disorder and only a month before the start of the competition they were allowed to resume training. After the 2012 Games, Tetyukhin announced his retirement from the national team, but returned in July 2015 and helped her win a ticket to Rio. To date, the athlete has played 312 official matches for the national team, in which he scored 2418 points and 514 played innings, which is an absolute record.

“I will be given the honor to go ahead of the column, to go under the flag of a great power, a great country,” Tetyukhin commented on his appointment.

He also spoke about the situation around the Russian Olympic team: “There, in Rio, we need to fight for ourselves and for them. It won't be easy, it will be very difficult. But you know that the Russian people grow stronger in difficult times. The more difficult the circumstances, the better we perform.”

In general, given the situation, experts are cautious with forecasts about the performance of Russian athletes. “We do not make any predictions about medals,” said Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee. But Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko is more frank. “Our athletes will take part in 30 sports out of 34. And in 19-20 we will be competitive,” the head of the Ministry of Sports promised.

According to the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Rio de Janeiro Vladimir Tokmakov, about 12,000 Russian fans will visit the Olympic Games. The opening ceremony of the Olympics will take place on August 5 at the Maracanã stadium. In Russia, at this time, August 6 will already come. The ceremony will start at 2:00 Moscow time.

At the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Rio Belarusians came out with the flag of Russia. Ahead, the Belarusian national team carried the flag of their country, and one of the athletes, who was the last in the delegation, was holding the Russian tricolor in his hands. The exit with the Russian flag took place despite the ban of the International Paralympic Committee.

On August 23, the Belarusian Paralympic athletes expressed their regret about the Russian team from the 2016 Games and expressed their support. To cheer up the athletes of the friendly country, the chairman of the Paralympic Committee of Belarus, Oleg Shepel, promised to take the Russian flag to the opening ceremony. Then the International Paralympic Committee forbade Belarusian athletes to carry out such an action, but the Belarusians kept their word, which made all Russians very happy, especially athletes who were deprived of the opportunity to show their strengths and abilities.

The International Paralympic Committee was outraged by this action. The solidarity of Belarusians with Russian athletes apparently did not go down well with the organizers sporting event. It is already known that the Belarusian, who walked with the Russian flag at the opening of the Games in Rio de Janeiro, will be investigated. The Paralympic Committee threatens the Belarusian team with punishment and regards this as a political protest, which is very strange, because, based on this statement by the IPC, they recognize the removal of the Russian team as a political action.

* The Russian Paralympic team was suspended from the Games in Rio de Janeiro in full force due to the WADA report. The reason for the suspension was the report of the commission headed by Richard McLaren on doping fraud at the 2014 Games in Sochi. On September 7, separate games were arranged for the Russian Paralympic athletes in the Moscow region.

Belarusian athletes carried the flag of Russia at the opening of the Paralympics in Rio video

The closing ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games took place at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. More than three thousand volunteers marched through the arena, after which a parade of athletes took place. Flag Russian Federation carried by five-time Olympic champions in synchronized swimming Natalya Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina.

As a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva also took part in the ceremony.

Before the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, announced the closure of the Games, he handed over the flag of the Olympics to representatives from Tokyo. It is in this city that the next Summer Olympic Games will be held in 2020.

Even though in history Russian sports Now is not the easiest period, the Russian team showed an excellent result at the Games, taking fourth place: our athletes have 56 medals - 19 gold, 18 silver, 19 bronze.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin in his video message to the participants of the PLOTFORM S-70 international combat sambo tournament in Sochi, he noted that the Russian Olympians at the Games in Rio de Janeiro demonstrated real skill, courage, endurance and the will to win.

“I am sure that all wrestlers will show real skill, endurance, courage and will, perseverance in achieving their goals. These qualities were fully demonstrated by the Russian Olympians in Rio de Janeiro. And I'm glad to say that significant contribution Traditionally, representatives of various kinds martial arts."

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev highly appreciated the performance of the Russian team in Rio: “Our Olympians are great! The Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were not the easiest in the history of Russian sports. But, despite the fact that many of our athletes did not take part in the competition, the athletes showed excellent results. Congratulate everyone! See you in Moscow!”

Editorial mger2020. en recalls the brightest performances of Russian athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

On the first day of competition, the judoka Beslan Mudranov brought Russia the first "gold".

On the same day, the Russian team in shooting and archery in the face Inna Stepanova, Ksenia Perova and Tuyana Dashidorzhieva won the "silver" of the Games during the team championship.

Vitalina Batsarashkina also won a silver medal in 10m air pistol shooting.

The next competitive day, August 7, began for Russia with the "bronze". The third place in the fight in judo was taken by Natalia Kuzyutina.

Timur Safin in foil fencing in the match for third place, he defeated Briton Richard Kruse with a score of 15:13. “Bronze, it is also bronze in Africa, better than “wooden,” commented the rapier himself.

On August 8, “gold” and “silver” in saber fencing were brought by Russians Yana Egoryan and Sophia the Great. For the first time in 20 years, the Russians met face to face in the final. As a result, Yana - "gold", Sophia - "silver".

Gymnasts of the Russian national team won the "silver" of the 2016 Olympic Games in the all-around. Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavsky, Nikita Nagorny, Nikolay Kuksenkov and Ivan Stretovich in total, after six shells scored 271.453 points. In vault Denis Ablyazin He also won a silver medal and a bronze medal in ring exercises. David Belyavsky took third place in exercises on parallel bars.

On the same day, August 8, a Russian swimmer took a swim Yulia Efimova. Despite the fact that the athlete was allowed to compete only on the last day, and during her performance the audience “booed” the girl, Yulia overcame a distance of 100 meters and came second. The swimmer won silver in the 200m breaststroke on 11 August.

shooter Vladimir Maslennikov in shooting from an air rifle from 10 meters, he took third place. The 21-year-old athlete showed a result of 184.2 points. On August 12, in shooting from a small-caliber rifle, he won the “bronze” and Kirill Grigoryan. In shooting from a rifle from three positions, the silver medal was won by Sergey Kamensky.

August 9 also began with “gold” for the Russians. Judoka Khasan Khalmurzaev in the weight category up to 81 kg took first place. In the final, he defeated the American Travis Stevens. “I couldn't lose to an American,” Khalmurzaev said at the end of his speech.

Aliya Mustafina, Daria Spiridonova, Maria Paseka, Seda Tutkhalyan and Angelina Melnikova won a silver medal in the team all-around gymnastics competition. Aliya Mustafina brought "bronze" in competitions in individual all-around on August 11, and on August 14 she won "gold" in exercises on uneven bars. Won second place in the vault Mary Pasek.

Inna Deriglazova won first place in rapier fencing. In sword fencing our girls Violetta Kolobova, Tatyana Logunova, Lyubov Shutova and Olga Kochneva won the bronze.

In the race with a separate start, overcoming a distance of 29.9 km in 44 minutes 31.97 seconds, a Russian woman Olga Zabelinskaya won a silver medal. In the cycling track, silver medals were also won by Daria Shmeleva and Anastasia Voynova. Denis Dmitriev in cycling on the track in the sprint won a bronze medal.

19 year old Anton Chupikov won a bronze medal in the 200m at his first Games. In swimming, we got another "bronze" thanks to Evgeny Rylov. He covered 200 meters on his back in 1 minute 53.97 seconds.

12th of August Alexey Cheremesinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin and Timur Safin brought "gold" by defeating the US and France teams.

The next day, August 13, the women's fencing team repeated the success of the guys and took first place. saber fencers Ekaterina Dyachenko, Yana Egoryan and Sophia the Great defeated the teams of Ukraine and the USA.

Doubles tennis players Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won gold.

Bronze in windsurfing won Stefania Elfutina. Third place in the kayak competition was also won by Roman Anoshkin. Ilya Shtokalov- canonist-single, received a bronze medal.

August 14 Roman Vlasov won the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. Fighter David Chakvetadze also took first place. In the final, the Russian defeated an opponent from Ukraine with a score of 9:2. BUT Sergey Semenov in the weight category up to 130 kg won "bronze".

Boxer Evgeny Tishchenko won "gold" in the weight category up to 91 kg. Vladimir Nikitin and Vitaly Dunaytsev took third place. On the final day of the Olympics Misha Aloyan also won a silver. "Bronze" in boxing among women went to Anastasia Belyakova.

No one doubted the victory of our synchronized swimmers. Analysts predicted victory for them long before they entered the pool. Indeed, for the fifth time Olympic champions in synchronized swimming were Svetlana Romashina and Natalia Ischenko. The national team in synchronized swimming also won the "gold" of the Olympics, leaving no chance for rivals. The sum of the two programs Vlad Chigireva, Natalia Ischenko, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Alexandra Patskevich, Elena Prokofieva, Svetlana Romashina, Maria Shurochkina and Helena Topilina showed a result of 196.1439 points.

On August 17, she won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling Valeria Koblova. "Silver" also brought to the national team's treasury Natalya Vorobieva in the weight category up to 69 kg. "Bronze" won Ekaterina Bukina in the weight category up to 75 kg.

In taekwondo, Russia also did not remain without medals. Alexey Denisenko from Rostov-on-Don brought a silver medal to the treasury of Russian medals.

The women's water polo team won bronze medals. Having not suffered a single defeat, the Russian handball team brought "gold".

Won gold medal in modern pentathlon Alexander Lesun, scoring 1479 points.

Russian freestyle wrestler Aniuar Geduev brought "silver" to Russia. AT showdown Geduev performed with a cut on his head, he was rendered several times medical care. “Such a “silver” is envied by many owners of “gold,” later they wrote in the media.

Rhythmic gymnastics was represented by Russia in the best possible way. The famous school of Irina Viner again showed the whole world a master class. So, Margarita Mamun won first place in the Olympics, and Yana Kudryavtseva- the second. "Gold" was also won by the entire rhythmic gymnastics team.

August 20 Russian freestyle wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev won a gold medal in the weight category up to 86 kg.

Wrestling gold medal Soslan Ramonov. In the final, he met with the champion of the Olympic Games in London and left him no chance, defeating him with a score of 11:0. Thus, Soslan Ramonov became the last athlete at this Olympics, who brought the "gold" to Russia.

Today, the Paralympic Committee of Belarus handed over to the Russians the flag that was carried through the Marakana stadium at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games, despite the ban of the organizers of the competition.

Maria MARKOVA
from Moscow

The information that the grand gesture of the Belarusian Paralympic athletes, who were not afraid to walk in Brazil with the flag of the disqualified Russian team, will not remain without gratitude, appeared on the eve of the solemn transfer of that same tricolor. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told social network about the desire of a certain benefactor to reward Andrey Fomochkin apartment in Moscow. Recall what exactly employee of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus Fomochkin carried the banner during the opening of the Paralympic Games, for which he was subsequently deprived of accreditation. On Monday, a heroic official handed over the flag Vice President of the Russian Paralympic Committee Lydia Abramova.

THIS IS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

We had five Russian flags, - said the chairman of the Paralympic Committee at a press conference Belarus Oleg Shepel . - Two of them were with Andrei Vasilyevich (Fomochkin. - Note. "SE"). When the team left the room under the stands, the first flag was seized. And when they overcame all the security guards, walked 15 meters, he raised the flag. It was support for the Paralympic team, not a political action. It's unfair when fates are decided without evidence. This is a violation human rights.

The leaders of the Belarusian delegation stressed that the initiative to carry the flag was supported by both the Belarusian Ministry of Sports and the President Alexander Lukashenko, but it was not so easy to implement the plan. And the consequences, as Fomochkin admitted, he thought of the last.

There were practically no emotions, - Andrey admitted. - It was necessary to carry out the task clearly and soberly. If it didn't work the first time, I had to try the second. I figured out that when the cameras take our team into the lens, then we need to start. And then there was the expectation of what would happen next. In fact, everyone saw what happened. I left home very quickly. They called me, they said that the flight was in five hours and asked: “Will you have time to pack your things?”. I flew away. In a day and a half, I had more than 800 calls, but we decided that I would not communicate with media representatives. So that it does not affect other athletes.

THERE WERE NO PRECEDENTS

The likelihood of suspension at some point really hung over the entire Belarusian team. And this was feared, as it turned out, not only in Minsk, but also in Moscow. Especially fellow Paralympic athletes.

We were very upset when we found out that we were not allowed, - said the three-time bronze medalist of the Paralympic Games in judo among the blind Russian woman Victoria Potapova. - The news was heard during the transplant, returning from Rio, where we represented the interests of the national team. Everyone was in a trance. I continued to lose weight and prepare to the last, I kept hoping ... When I found out that the Belarusians would carry the Russian flag, I thought: "Here they are!" Then I was very scared that they could disqualify the Belarusian team too. Fortunately, this did not happen. This is indeed a big step that deserves respect. Thank them very much.

We learned in a week what our colleagues are going to do, and I thought - now they will collect some kind of commission and ban it, - the Olympic champion added Svetlana Zhurova. - Even though it was impossible to document that it was forbidden - there were no precedents, I was still worried, because the rules changed all the time during the game. If we adhere to the principle of Pierre de Coubertin "Oh, sport, you are the world!", then Belarus has shown the Olympic spirit by supporting our athletes. I am sure that every Russian appreciated this act with his heart.

GIFT FOR THREE MILLION

Businessman Sergei Shmakov appreciated not only with his heart, but also financially, handing Fomochkin a certificate for an apartment in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region. It was he who turned out to be the very benefactor about whom Zakharova wrote on the eve.

I want to express my gratitude to Andrei Fomochkin for his fantastic deed, now our whole country should be equal to such people, - Shmakov noted, handing Fomochkin a document. - The idea to make a gift did not come immediately, about ten days ago I thought that it was impossible to just leave it like that. Since I am a builder, it means that it is necessary to choose according to the construction. An apartment in a luxurious residential complex, this is not PR or advertising - just from me personally.

Since 1999 I have been involved in rally-raids, since 2003 I have been the champion of Russia. Then I realized that I had to go further, went to the European Cup. There was the second, and then went to the "peace". We made the ZIL-Moscow team, a rear-wheel drive car with a rear engine. We drove them all over the world. When you go up to the podium with the Russian flag - I remember what it's like. We were not much loved, even spread rot. Therefore, Fomochkin's act sunk into my soul. And in my life I am a builder - I have been building for 27 years.

Questions immediately hit the Belarusian official about how he was going to dispose of the 40-meter "odnushka", which, according to some estimates, costs about 3 million rubles.

The act touches to the depths of the soul, - Fomochkin commented on what happened. - I am very pleased that our impulse was so appreciated in Russia. But what to do with the apartment, I can not say yet. I am in the public service, I don’t know how everything will be decided with this kind of gift. In any case, I am very, very pleased.

At this very moment, the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympic Games is taking place in Pyeongchang. And just a few minutes ago, during the traditional parade of athletes, the Russian team passed in front of an audience of thousands. Under the neutral (Olympic) flag.

At the opening ceremony of the XXIII Winter Games in the Republic of Korea, Russian athletes appeared led by a volunteer who carried a neutral flag (before, one of the athletes, a representative of the Russian team, always acted as the flag bearer).

I must say that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not only deprived our athletes of the opportunity to walk under their native flag, but also carried out a “cleansing” of Russian national symbols at the Pyeongchang Games on all other fronts - in Korea now there is practically no single image with the flag Russia.

At the same time, the media note that there is a possibility of the appearance of the Russian flag at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Olympics. This can happen if the Russian Olympic Committee is restored by the IOC by that time.

What is a neutral (Olympic) flag

The neutral (Olympic) flag is a white canvas, in the center of which is located olympic symbol in the form of five interlaced rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red), symbolizing the unity of the five continents.

Athletes from countries temporarily deprived of IOC recognition or in the process of formation perform under this flag. A number of other circumstances are also envisaged. So, in 2014, the Indian team performed under a neutral flag due to the suspension of the membership of their Olympic committees, and in 2016, the Kuwait team.

There have been times when athletes own will(usually for political reasons) tried to compete under a neutral flag, but the IOC rejected their requests.

Why Russia passed under a neutral flag

Everyone has probably already heard about the doping scandal and about Russia, which turned out to be at its center.

In the early days of December last year, the International Olympic Committee decided to disqualify the Russian Olympic Committee and admit only “clean” Russian athletes to the Games.

Russian opinion

The majority of Russians, and this is 48 percent, supported the participation of the Russian team in the Olympics in Pyeongchang under a neutral flag. In particular, this opinion is shared by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

We will, without any doubt, not declare any blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from taking part if any of them want to take part in their personal capacity,

- Putin said, noting that the athletes "went to this competition throughout their lives."

However, 34 percent of respondents still said that the Games should be boycotted.

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