In … a campaign to provide allies who, in the event participation of Russian and Belarusian athletesthey will boycott them Olympic Games in Paris Ukrainian sport pampered. OUR International Olympic Committee (IOC) believes that the boycott will be a violation of the Olympic Charter, while Ukrainian athletes, on the contrary, emphasize in their joint statement that there can be no peaceful games when “war criminals with a neutral flag” participate in them.

IOC President Thomas Bach, after the coronavirus pandemic, he faced… the nightmare of a boycott, a nightmare he experienced during his athletic years when, as a West German athlete, he was unable to compete in the Moscow Olympics. The Ukrainians, in a letter sent to the international sports authorities, report that the IOC has decided on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in Paris and ask them to respond to this decision. The German “Immortal”, for its part, denied the adoption of such a decision.

The leaders of the IOC, however, will be asked immediately … to indicate the type of teams, because the qualifying competition has already started. In fact, the IOC hinted last month that Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete in the Asian qualifiers as neutrals.

Ukraine has found a valuable ally in Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. The Frenchwoman said that she opposed the participation of Russian athletes in the Games as long as “bombs are falling on Ukraine.” As for our country, the Hellenic Olympic Committee has declared that Greece has not participated in any boycott in the modern history of the Olympic Games and is in compliance with the Olympic Charter. “The boycott will primarily hit athletes who are hard at work preparing to fulfill their big dream of participating in the highest sporting event. Therefore, we are against any discrimination between athletes,” the statement said.