On March 2, 2022, Beijing time, official organizations such as the FiVB, the World Athletics Federation, and the BWF officially responded to the statement of the International Olympic Committee, prohibiting Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the competition, and the Russian sports world suffered a major blow. It is a pity that the 3 Russian women's volleyball clubs broke into the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but they were ruthlessly kicked out, and the farce intensified.
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee issued a statement hoping that individual sports organizations would take measures to no longer invite Russian athletes to participate in competitions. Soon, this statement was echoed by a number of individual agencies. So far, 7 official organizations such as the International Skating Federation, the International Volleyball Federation, the World Badminton Federation, the World Athletics Federation, the International Fina Team, the International Men's Professional Tennis Association, and the International Women's Tennis Association have all started.
Judging from the statements of these individual organizations, the most stringent measures are undoubtedly the cancellation of the competitions originally planned in Russia, the prohibition of Russian athletes from participating in various competitions, and so on. In contrast, several official organizations in tennis have taken more moderate measures, allowing Russian athletes to continue to participate in tour and Grand Slam events, but they cannot participate in the name of Russia.
Subsequently, the UEFA also responded to the decision of the FIVB, which also banned Russian teams from participating in UEFA-affiliated competitions, including national team matches and club competitions. Originally, the women's volleyball Champions League will launch an eight-round battle, Russia's 3 teams to reach the champions league quarterfinals, namely Dynamo Kazan, Dynamo Moscow, Kaliningrad Lokomotiv, The first two teams were going to play the derby, Kaliningrad Lokomotiv against Turkey Fenerbahce, if all goes well, at least one team in Russia will reach the top four of the Champions League, but now it has become a bubble.
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad then said: "Our Champions League is over, quite helpless. At present, the most affected are Russian athletes, and next, many Russian athletes can not participate in the competition, because most of the individual organizations are very strict, directly refusing to allow Russian athletes to participate, or even not accepting them to participate in a neutral capacity, which is indeed a major blow to Russian sports.
In addition, many events originally planned to be held in Russia have been cancelled, and the world sports world has also shown a relatively chaotic situation. Russia is very strong in many sports, take figure skating, if Russia's Serbakova, Trusova, Vallieva do not qualify for the World Championships, the spectacle of this event will be greatly reduced, and so will many other sports.
As time goes by, it is likely that many individual organizations will do it, and for Russian sports, the next step will become more and more difficult!