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Overseas network April 28 thRussian "Life" news network reported on the 27th that Tamara Tanskuzina, a famous Russian international checkers player, recently represented Russia in the international checkers championship held in Poland. However, during the competition, there was a shocking scene: the staff suddenly removed the items related to the Russian national symbol from the table. Tamara was a little surprised and looked around, then calmed down and continued the competition.
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On the day of the competition, Tanskuzina and Polish player Natalya Sadovska competed for the award of the best chess player in the world. During the competition, the organizer’s staff suddenly took away the Russian flag on the table and tore off the Russian tricolor flag label on the table.
The staff’s move surprised Russian contestants. Tamara looked around in surprise, then at the table, where the Russian flag was placed a few seconds ago. But Tamara soon calmed down and continued to concentrate on the game.
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The organizer later explained that during the competition, the staff were reminded that court of arbitration for sports had previously stipulated that Russia was forbidden to use the Russian flag and national anthem in large-scale international competitions. In view of the fact that the game has already started, the staff of the World International Checkers Federation had to directly withdraw the items related to the Russian national symbol from the table. In addition, the staff explained that this was done because they might be sanctioned for this matter. In the end, the Russian player Tanskuzhina was defeated.
On December 17, 2020, court of arbitration for sports found that the Russian Anti-Doping Center violated the rules, and announced that Russian athletes could not represent their country in major international sports events including the Tokyo Olympic Games and the world championships of various events until December 16, 2022, but only participated in a neutral capacity, and were not allowed to use the Russian flag and national anthem. (Overseas Network/Zhang Qi Internship Compilation/Cheng Xiao)