Oleksandra Oliynykova Slams Sabalenka and Medvedev: 'I Feel Like I'm Living Next to Dangerous People'
Eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open by Madison Keys, Oleksandra Oliynykova opened up to L'Équipe about the presence of Russian and Belarusian players on the tour.
The Ukrainian player specifically pointed out the behavior of some of them, citing world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka as an example, as well as Diana Shnaider and Daniil Medvedev.
"They Are Dangerous People"
"I feel like I'm living next to dangerous people. They have dangerous beliefs. And their actions are just as dangerous. I'm talking, for example, about the world No. 1 (she doesn't mention her first name directly).
Did you know she was among the signatories of a list supporting President Lukashenko in 2020? During the protests in Belarus, the streets were covered in blood because those demonstrating for democracy, for fair elections, were suppressed and beaten.
She signed it and stated that Lukashenko was her president. Diana Shnaider was honored by Putin. She said she would be proud to receive an award from her president. Those are her words from an interview.
There are also players who took part in an exhibition organized by Gazprom, which funds the war. That tournament was organized to spit in the face of fair play and unity, to show they don't care.
Medvedev participated. Others did too. And meanwhile, I was waking up to the sound of explosions. Do you think that's normal? I don't think so."
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Some of them have already changed nationalities, lost much of their prime days, because of the politicisation of sport !
if you like or not it shape everybodies lives and decision making.
if you parroting slogans "I hate politiics" or "not bring politics in to sport" it means you are rather not understand what politics is in the core.
politics is fundamentally about planning—deciding how to allocate resources, manage society, and achieve collective goals—but planning also involves technical expertise, making the relationship complex, as political ideologies shape what gets planned and how, while professional planners provide the means to implement those plans, often leading to tension between long-term strategy and short-term political pressures.
Olexandra is 100% right.