Olympic hope Russia is facing suspension
for shooting commercials ITAR-TASS
Olympic
hope for the Russian national team, a famous wrestler Hassan Baroev may
be suspended from participation in the Olympic Games in London. The reason for the possible
disqualification of the athlete is to participate in the filming of
commercials.
The general partner of the 2014 Olympics to be held in Sochi, the company "Megaphone" troubled by the fact that Baroev starred in the television commercial of his rival - MTS. Such a conflict of competing parties can lead to what is to Baroevu from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be penalized up to disqualification.
Representatives of "Megafon" appealed to the IOC with the corresponding letter. "Conducting this kind of advertising campaign using images of Olympic champions <...> contradict the conditions of the Agreement on Partnership and can be characterized as parasitic marketing" - leads the text of the letter "Soviet Sport".
Baroev performed successfully on two previous Olympics. He is the champion of the 2004 Games in Athens and bronze at the 2008 Games in Beijing. 29-year-old fighter has won two world championships and twice - the continental championship.
It should be noted that athletes often suffer because of his participation in various promotional campaigns. Most recently, during the European football championship broke another scandal of this kind. Forward against Denmark Nicklas Bendtner was banned for one match and fined 100,000 euros for a demonstration of shorts, which was applied the name of the bookmaker during the match.
The general partner of the 2014 Olympics to be held in Sochi, the company "Megaphone" troubled by the fact that Baroev starred in the television commercial of his rival - MTS. Such a conflict of competing parties can lead to what is to Baroevu from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be penalized up to disqualification.
Representatives of "Megafon" appealed to the IOC with the corresponding letter. "Conducting this kind of advertising campaign using images of Olympic champions <...> contradict the conditions of the Agreement on Partnership and can be characterized as parasitic marketing" - leads the text of the letter "Soviet Sport".
Baroev performed successfully on two previous Olympics. He is the champion of the 2004 Games in Athens and bronze at the 2008 Games in Beijing. 29-year-old fighter has won two world championships and twice - the continental championship.
It should be noted that athletes often suffer because of his participation in various promotional campaigns. Most recently, during the European football championship broke another scandal of this kind. Forward against Denmark Nicklas Bendtner was banned for one match and fined 100,000 euros for a demonstration of shorts, which was applied the name of the bookmaker during the match.
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