Impact of sanctions on Russian sports and athletes

the problem of sports development in Russia arose with the imposition of sanctions by international sports organizations on domestic athletes and the sports movement. With the beginning of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, a new stage of restrictions was introduced against Russian athletes, which was expressed not only in the inability of athletes to participate in the largest world competitions: World and European Championships, Olympic Games, Universiade among students, but also to hold in Russia all international starts, previously planned. Based on the problem-chronological analysis of literary and Internet sources, possible solutions for the development of sports in Russia were identified. To achieve high results and maintain interest in sports competitions, it is necessary to increase the number of alternative starts for athletes with international participation of the appropriate qualifications, and to provide significant financial support to athletes and coaches. In this regard, the creation of an appropriate infrastructure for the development of mass sports of all age categories is of particular importance. Introduction. History has repeatedly recorded cases of restricting the participation of Soviet athletes in international competitions in the 1980s. Since February 2022, Russian athletes have been almost completely excluded from participating in international sports competitions. This situation has posed an urgent problem of developing sports in the country for all participants in the sports movement in Russia. Under sanctions, a serious problem has arisen: how can Russian athletes not lose their qualifications without participating in major international competitions? This question has been faced by all participants in the sports movement in Russia: coaches, athletes, federation leaders and many others. The alternative competitions that were created have allowed athletes to regularly participate in them, but most of the competitions held, including international ones, have shown that Russian athletes compete practically with themselves. Materials and methods of the research. The work is based on the study and generalization of data from published sources cited in modern scientific literature, Internet sources, news content of online media. The study is based on problem-chronological, general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis). Research results. These research results revealed an ambiguous situation in world sports. The sanctions imposed on Russian athletes have a political background, which negatively affects the development of sports throughout the world. Discussion and conclusions. As a result of studying scientific literature, news content of the media, that Russian athletes in the conditions of sanctions pressure are not inferior to world leaders. This became possible due to state support of the sports industry: organization of internal tournaments, financial support for athletes in the form of scholarships and grants for motivation.

sanctions, athletes, development of domestic sports in Russia, politicization of sports