""The IOC Executive Board recommendation from March 2023 with regard to teams of athletes with a Russian passport remains in place," the committee said."
""run by petty bisexuals like the French, Germans, English, and the Balts," the reports. "So expecting any chance was pointless. And we shouldn't expect anything from them.""
""This news was definitely expected," the 70-year-old coach ranted, "because nothing will change there until something changes on our battlefields.""
""There's no common sense there," he said of the Olympics' governing organization. "There are other countries that treat us loyally, positively, maybe even kindly. We need to work with them, not wait for someone to hand us something on a silver platter. "Sport is diplomacy, just a different form. Let our officials practice this diplomacy instead of drinking coffee in their offices and telling us how hard life is for them b"
Russian athletes have been banned from the Olympics since 2022 after sanctions tied to the invasion of Ukraine. Rumors of a possible return for ice hockey at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games were denied by the IOC, which said the March 2023 recommendation remains in place. Russian coach Vladimir Plyuschev angrily blamed the IOC and named Western nations as "petty bisexuals," saying expectations of reinstatement were pointless and asserting that nothing would change until "something changes on our battlefields." Plyuschev urged officials to pursue diplomacy with friendly countries and criticized perceived inaction by sports authorities.
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