The Russian army and National Guard athletes won 86% of Russian medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in which the Russian team competed in a "neutral" status.
"The Russian Olympic Committee is sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Defense, and almost half of the Russian medals at the last Olympics in Tokyo were won by privates, sergeants, ensigns and officers from the Russian army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard.
"Dubbed the “Bloody Olympics” and using the same hashtag, the NAFO campaign has reached millions online, with members and non-members posting and sharing memes and cartoons advocating banning Russia from the Olympics.a blanket ban, allowing instead those Russian and Belarusian athletes who do not openly express support for Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to compete as neutrals. Announcing the decision on December 14, 2023, theno Russian athlete tied to Russia’s army or intelligence services would be allowed to participate in the 2024 Paris games.The NAFO campaign criticized the IOC’s decision, rejecting the idea of Russian athletes participating as “neutrals” amid the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.in a post on X that the campaign was in “full swing” and included a photo collage of 12 Russian Olympic athletes wearing military uniforms. The collage has since gone viral, shared by thousands on X and other social media platforms. "The Russian Olympic Committee is sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Defense, and almost half of the Russian medals at the last Olympics in Tokyo were won by privates, sergeants, ensigns and officers from the Russian army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard,” Beefeater wrote.. Yet athletes with military ranks comprised up to 40% of the Russian team. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said army athletes wonThe discovery that athletes in uniform won almost half of Russia’s medals at the Tokyo Olympics most likely originated from an article published by, Meduza reported that “almost half of the Russian medals at the Tokyo Olympics were won by privates, sergeants, warrant officers and officers - from the army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard.” However, the final data for the Tokyo Olympics showed that the contribution of Russian athletes in uniform was even more significant. Bombardir.ru, a Russian sports website, “CSKA athletes made up a third of the Russian national team and won 45 medals out of 71 — that’s 64% of the total. ... Another 16 medals were received by athletes of the Russian National Guard." Thus, military athletes received 86% of the medals — 61 out of 71 — that Russia won at the 2020 Summer Olympics., a Moscow-based news site, 78 of the 212 Russian athletes who participated in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — more than a third — had contracts with the Russian army and the National Guard .“Athletes won awards and glorified their departments, for which they received new titles. Moreover, their service consists not only of competition. Athletes also go through training camps, drive equipment and go to shooting ranges,” theIn an appeal addressed to French President Emmanel Macron, the French minister of sports, the mayor of Paris and the head of the French National Olympic Committee,“The athletes permitted to participate in the Olympics are not ‘neutral’, but are open supporters of the war, which is confirmed by information published on the Internet,” the Ukrainian sports authorities and athletes wrote. Polygraph info also verified that all 12 Russian Olympians whose photographs are on the viral photo collage have military ranks. The 12 are listed below:Snowboarder Dmitry Loginov also participated in the 2022 Winter Olympics as a member of the CSKA team. Loginov's Russian army rank is ““Our military spirit helps us cope with these difficulties and achieve victories. Thank you for your attention to sports and physical training in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. I'm proud to be part of the army family." Two-time Olympic biathlon racing bronze medalist Alexander Loginov is a member of the CSKA team and has the rank ofholds the rank of captain in the army and is a member of the CSKA team. The Russian Defense Ministry awarded Lasitskene with the Medal for Military Valor and the Certificate of Honor.In 2016, the IOC's investigative body, the World Anti-doping Agency, or WADA, accused Russia of state-sponsored doping, and a three years later the Russian team was banned from major sports events.Russian Foreign Minister Pushes ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Anti-Doping Conspiracy
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