Eteri Tutberidze: “Mr. Banka said he felt uncomfortable because I was at the Olympics. I had some thoughts, as if I were his ex-girlfriend who showed up somewhere without his knowledge.”

Eteri Tutberidze reacted to the statement by the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) about her presence at the Milan Olympics.

original source: Sports

Eteri Tutberidze responded indifferently to WADA head Witold Banka’s discomfort with her presence at the Milan Olympics, stating his comments were personal and did not affect her. Here’s a translation of her comment.

“Mr. Banka said he felt uncomfortable because I was there. I had some thoughts, as if I were his ex-girlfriend who showed up somewhere without his knowledge, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Honestly, those are some very personal, absolutely personal remarks, which someone like Banka should have kept to himself. Well, I don’t know…

But I apologize that my presence made him uncomfortable. Because I was completely indifferent to his presence at the Olympics. I didn’t feel anything.

I was surprised. I didn’t check the news, and only heard two days later that he was uncomfortable. I thought, well, at least show me what he looks like – then I’ll go up and apologize. I even scrolled through some photos, thinking if I saw him in the crowd, I’d definitely go up to him,” Tutberidze said in an interview with Okko.

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