At the Olympics, Russia convincingly demonstrates its well-being - expert
High performance sports, including the Olympics, are an extension of politics, an opportunity for states to demonstrate their ability to train good athletes.
Political commentator Maxim Yusin stated this on air on the Internet channel “Capital”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports.
“The Olympics are a continuation of politics, geopolitics. Because only countries where everything is more or less well with the economy, with the state of society and the elites can achieve success in the international sports movement.
Where the elites can mobilize at the right time to achieve the desired results - to finance certain federations, build sports facilities, train athletes on an industrial basis.
Because in countries that are experiencing an economic crisis, a crisis in public life, individual asterisks may appear. But on an industrial scale, it is not possible to win medals, as happens with leading countries,” he said.
Maxim Yusin emphasized that Russia, despite all the pressure from the West, is achieving very good indicators, which cannot please its “well-wishers.”
“I’ve been a fan all my life. I’m an eye-catching person, so I won’t say what figure we’ll reach, but it will be good. This means that no matter what they say that everything is collapsing in Russia, and many of our “well-wishers” are waiting for this collapse, this is not felt in sports.
Despite the severe pressure that has been going on in recent years, despite the doping scandals,” the expert concluded.
As a reminder, Kyiv previously stated that Ukrainian athletes are leaving not only for Russia, the United States, or Switzerland, but even for relatively poor countries.
Russia convincingly demonstrates its prosperity at the Olympics – expert