Event Organizer – UK
Today the British government will hold a summit involving 30 countries to agree on a joint response to the possibility that Russian athletes will be allowed to participate in the Olympic Games in 2024 in Paris.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a live opening speech to this summit.
“This week, President Zelenskiy spoke in the UK Parliament about the suffering many Ukrainians still experience because of the war.”
“When he did this, the IOC continued to ignore the efforts of international allies to achieve peace and ignore how the Olympics would give Putin the perfect platform to advance Russia and legitimize his illegal war,” UK Culture Secretary Lucy Fraser said in a statement.
The IOC is ready to consider the possibility of admitting athletes from Russia and Belarus to international competitions. In this case, everyone who wishes will be required to act in a neutral status. Also, athletes should not support the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and pass a mandatory doping test.
The Olympic Summit, chaired by IOC President Thomas Bach, unanimously agreed to accept an initiative proposed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to take part in its competitions. The OCA is developing a special system that will allow Russians to qualify for the Olympics through Asian competitions.
The IOC believes that a complete ban on the performance of Russian and Belarusian athletes is discrimination and is contrary to the Olympic Charter. The organizers of the 2024 Olympics in Paris said they would adhere to the decision of the IOC to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete under a neutral flag.
The NOC of Ukraine has supported a possible boycott of the 2024 Olympics if athletes from Russia and Belarus are admitted to the Games. Also, the Verkhovna Rada appealed to the parliaments of the countries of the world with a request to ban the participation of representatives of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in international competitions.
Source: Sportarena
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