00:00No, I also know, I don't know if you know this name, Jacob Schramm,
00:03at this moment, he feels that it's like some, I don't know, it's crazy.
00:13Also, this guy was also in 23, I think, or 22, and then he was, he came.
00:20This whole issue sort of evolved. If you've got a slogan, you've got a...
00:23Pacific moment, the field of play, competition, we need to keep that as pure as we can
00:29for the competition, and people can express themselves however they want.
00:40There was an informal meeting last night with Mr. Garosevich's coach and entourage,
00:48the delegation, and we understood, we reiterated our understanding of the athlete's wish to pay
00:55tribute to his fellow Ukrainian athletes expressing his sorrow, which he's done during training
01:03and on social media.
01:05So he has expressed his feeling in both those cases.
01:12But that having been said, the Olympic Charter, the conditions of participation, and the
01:19athletes' expression guidelines, which were, I think there was something like 3,000 or 4,000
01:24athletes who fed back into those expression guidelines, and they were agreed also with
01:32the Athletes' Commission.
01:33After the meeting, we also have reiterated once again that those guidelines, we will, in this
01:39case, as we do now more often, make an exception to the guidelines to allow him to wear a black
01:47armband during composition to make that commemoration.
01:53We will not stop him expressing himself in press conferences as he leaves competition in the
01:59mixed zone and elsewhere.
02:01So what we have said is that he can wear a black armband with no text.
02:05The athletes themselves are also very supportive of the fact that we need to keep that specific
02:11moment, the field of play, competition.
02:14We need to keep that as pure as we can for the competition, and people can express themselves
02:20however they want to elsewhere.
02:22Are you exaggerating?
02:23What are you talking about?
02:24Yes, so Rule 50, I believe it's about political or statements which make some harassment against
02:31other nations and other people, other athletes.
02:34I believe it's not the case.
02:37So yes, I believe it should be allowed to compete in this helmet and also to pay tribute for some
02:42of the members of Olympic family.
02:44When we talk about Olympic Games, about Olympic values and Olympic family, and it's called
02:48Olympic family.
02:49And among them also Dmitry Sharper.
02:53So we were competing with him in one team in Youth Olympic Games in Lilyhammer.
02:59He was a figure skater.
03:01Among them was a guy from boxing, I believe he is here.
03:06Maxim Golinićev, he was a medalist in the Youth Olympic Games.
03:09Also Evgeny Malyshev, so he was a biathlon athlete, as you may see, and he was just 19 years
03:15old when he was killed.
03:16So now today they are with me on the Olympics.
03:19I want to show also to the world how big sacrifices we have now in Ukraine and to remind
03:24the world that war is terrible.
03:27Some things are more important than sport and it's no medal that works the same as life
03:34of people and we lost many of them and I believe it's important to show that also.
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