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Ukraine Sports activities Minister Vadym Goutzeit (Twitter)
Ukrainian Sports activities Minister Vadym Goutzeit mentioned {that a} state of affairs by which Russian and Belarusian athletes have been permitted to participate within the Paris 2024 Olympics was unacceptable to the nation at siege
Ukraine threatened Thursday to boycott the 2024 Olympics in Paris if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to participate, a prospect described as “unacceptable” by the nation’s sports activities minister.
The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) have mentioned methods to permit opponents from Russia and Belarus to participate must be “additional explored”, regardless of them being sidelined from most Olympic sports activities because the invasion of Ukraine final February.
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“Such a state of affairs is unacceptable for our nation,” Ukrainian Sports activities Minister Vadym Goutzeit mentioned Thursday.
Goutzeit mentioned Kyiv was presently pressuring the IOC and different worldwide organisations to realize help for the banning of Russians and Belarusians from the Olympics.
“Our place stays unchanged — so long as the struggle continues in Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes shouldn’t be in worldwide competitions,” Goutzeit wrote on Fb.
“If we’re not heard, I don’t exclude the chance that we are going to boycott and refuse to take part within the Olympics.”
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