pune the international shooting sport federation issf president luciano rossi is a worried man these days as the clock to the paris olympics is ticking rossi has too much on his plate his biggest worry is that like most international sports federations the issf too has banned participation of russian and belarusian athletes in international eventsas there are only a limited number of quota events scheduled rossi feels it would be unfair to the athletes from these two countries if they dont get a chance to competein an exclusive chat with toi the italian said his hopes are pinned on the international olympic committee ioc chief thomas bach the situation is complicated as of now it has become more of a political issue than a sports issue in sports our goal is different from the politics around it our goal is to spread peace friendship i am scheduled to meet president thomas bach and will consult with him to deal with the current situation rossi saidit has become more complicated because many countries in europe have signed against russias participation in the world events and the olympics the situation is bad in ukraine and hence the sentiments are justified we hope that the war situation deescalates and at the same time ioc comes up with some solution we are working to repair this mistake and hopefully soon we will start the games for russians and belarusians he saidrossis worry is justified as russian and belarusian athletes are at a risk of losing the opportunity to qualify for the paris games the olympic committee of asia oca has invited the russian athletes to participate in the asian games but russians participating in the asian events would be unfair to the asian athletes feels the issf headit has become very difficult to organize events ahead of the olympics and follow the basic qualification system the world cups may not have direct quotas but the events are important for ranking points you have continental championships for quotas but looking at the situation in europe russias participation is tough there are many asian countries agreeing to russian participation in their continental quota events but then asia has a limited number of quotas and the russians will ultimately take those away it wont be fair he said adding any federation president will not like to be in a situation like this where he has to put some athletes out of competition this is against the olympic spirit