Konstantin Vybornov, Head of Information Service – Media Relations Officer of the ROC:
– The information that several Russian athletes, including the Chairman of the ROC Athletes’ Commission Sofia Velikaya, signed an open letter of their Ukrainian colleagues to the leadership of the IOC and the IPC, is a common deception of the audience. The names are mentioned in the Insidethegames sports news website with a reference to the tweet of the Internet portal of dubious reputation globalathlete. This news cannot be regarded in any other way but as a fake published by its initial source. This is confirmed by Sofia and other athletes. We have already sent an official request to the above-mentioned websites to remove the false information
