The famous Ukrainian wrestler believes that our country should fight the entry of Russian athletes in a different way.
Ukraine should boycott the Olympic Games in Paris only as a last resort. This is what the famous Ukrainian wrestler, Olympic champion Jean Beleniuk said.
According to the athlete and representative of the Verkhovna Rada, our country must first make sure that the IOC abandons the idea of returning the Russians to the arena.
“I consider the boycott as a last act of desperation, in case no one listens to us. I am in favor of working and making sure that the boycott here is not for us. It will look like a political defeat for Ukraine on this front. . We will boycott, and the representatives of Russia and Belarus compete and achieve their goals, engaging in their propaganda using this platform.
Therefore, we need to build a coalition of countries in solidarity with Ukraine. We see that such countries exist, and to varying degrees they are showing their willingness to join the boycott discussion. But if you make this issue in such a way that the IOC understands that by joining the representatives of Russia and Belarus it loses more than it receives from this accession, then from the very side of the organization it would not make any sense for them to take such a risk, because it would be a painful blow for them.
So we need to use all options to show that by ignoring Ukraine’s position, the IOC is losing more than making concessions to Russia and Belarus,” said Beleniuk in an interview with FanDay .
It can be recalled that Beleniuk previously said that more than 40 countries are ready to put an ultimatum to the IOC on the entry of Russian athletes.
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