During the full-scale invasion, the Russian Federation killed 340 Ukrainian athletes and coaches
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmyhal said that Ukrainealong with a coalition of 35 countries, will boycott Olympic Games 2024 in Parisif Russia and Belarus are allowed on them.
“Sport and military aggression are incompatible. States that have stained themselves with the blood of Ukrainians cannot participate in the Olympic Games.”
“During the full-scale war, Russia has killed 340 Ukrainian athletes and coaches, destroyed or damaged 343 sports facilities, and daily attacks peaceful cities and villages with missiles and drones.”
“Ukraine is determined. A powerful international coalition for fair sport has been formed, which includes 35 states. Together we are ready to boycott the Olympic Games in Paris if Russia and Belarus are allowed to compete. We expect the IOC to make the right decision and decisively remove the aggressor from the Olympics.”
Earlier, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadym Gutzeit said that Ukraine would not take part in the 2024 Olympic Games if athletes from Russia and Belarus were allowed to compete under their own flags. In the case of neutral flags from the aggressor countries, the Ukrainian team will go to Paris.
Initially, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to boycott the qualifying tournaments for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already reacted to the decision of the Government of Ukraine to boycott the qualifying tournaments for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
It soon became known that Ukraine could refuse to boycott sports competitions, in which athletes of the aggressor country and the accomplice of terrorism, announced in the spring of 2023, take part. This decision may also apply to the 2024 Olympics.
The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said that decisions on the admission of athletes from Russia and Belarus to the Olympic Games in Paris should hardly be expected before the meeting of the executive committee of the organization, which will be held on October 15-17 in Mumbai. The functionary said that the IOC must be sure of the correctness of the decision.
In June, a representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe expressed the categorical position of his organization regarding the participation of athletes from a terrorist country and an accomplice of terrorism to the Olympic Games 2024.
The Paris Games will take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024.
Source: Sportarena
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