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Yelena is correct and all the faggot lovers are losers.

Russian pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva has inflamed the row
over Russia’s controversial new anti-gay law by insisting she
supports the legislation because Russians consider themselves
“normal, standard people”.

Isinbayeva, Russia’s most celebrated athlete who received her
gold medal on THursday after winning her third world crown on
Tuesday, also condemned two Swedish athletes for protesting
against the law banning the promotion of homosexuality by
painting their nails in the colour of the rainbow flag in
support of gay rights.

High jumper Emma Green-Tregaro wore rainbow-coloured nails for
her high jump qualifying competition yesterday, while compatriot
Moa Hjelmer did likewise for her 200 metres heat.

“It’s disrespectful to our country, disrespectful to our
citizens, because we are Russians,” Isinbayeva told a news
conference in English. “Maybe we are different than European

people and people from different lands. We have our law which
everyone has to respect. When we go to different countries, we
try to follow their rules. We are not trying to set our rules
over there. We are just trying to be respectful.”

The new legislation has attracted worldwide criticism and has
prompted calls by some gay-rights organisations, as well actor
and comedian Stephen Fry, for a boycott of next year’s Winter
Olympics in Sochi, where the law will apply to both athletes and
spectators. Critics say the ban on promoting homosexuality
effectively criminalises gay rights rallies and could be used to
prosecute anyone voicing support for homosexuals.

But Isinbayeva, who is an ambassador for the Sochi Games and has
been appointed ‘mayor’ of the athletes’ village, said: “If we
allow people to promote and do all this stuff on the street, we
are very afraid about our nation because we consider ourselves
like normal, standard people. We just live with boys with woman,
woman with boys.

“It comes from history. We never had any problems, these
problems in Russia, and we don’t want to have any in the future.”

Isinbayeva’s remarks drew a stinging rebuke from American middle-
distance runner Nick Simmonds, who became the first athlete
competing at the World Championship to denounce the anti-gay law
when he dedicated the 800m silver medal he won on Tuesday to his
gay and lesbian friends at home.

In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Symmonds said: “It blows
my mind that a young, so well-educated woman can be so behind
with the times. Guess what Yelena: a large portion of your
citizenship are normal, standard homosexuals.

“I wanted to compete with a rainbow sticker but was told I would
go to prison if I did that. It was suggested that if I pushed
this too far it was a real possibility.”

Green-Tregaro, a bronze medallist at the 2005 World
Championships, described her decision to compete with rainbow-
coloured nails as a “statement of what I think” rather than a
protest.

“When I first came to Moscow, the first thing I saw when I
opened the curtains was a rainbow over Moscow and I thought that
was a pretty good sign,” she said. “Then I decided to paint my
nails. I usually do my nails in something that feels good for me
and it was a simple way of showing what I think.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10245582/ World-champion-Yelena-Isinbayeva-criticises-Swedish-athletes-for- supporting-gay-rights.html
 

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