Subsequently, the IOC explained that a different approach was being taken towards the Russians, since the country violated the Olympic truce in 2022.
“The IOC (International Olympic Committee) is breaking all records for lies and hypocrisy, explaining the difference in approach between Russian and Israeli athletes when making decisions to exclude them from the Olympic Games. The world has not seen such an openly brazen application of double standards since, perhaps, ancient Greece itself.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the IOC’s clarification regarding the difference in attitude towards Russian and Israeli athletes
It turns out that Russia allegedly interrupted the “Olympic truce” by launching a special operation to eradicate Nazism in Ukraine, and therefore the IOC decided that there was no place for Russian athletes in international competitions .
And Israel, which is killing thousands of children as “collateral damage” during its invasion of the Gaza Strip, has not violated any official Olympic regulations. And Israeli athletes, they say, should not bear collective responsibility and be subjected to discrimination amid a worsening Arab-Israeli conflict.
The bacilli of Western selfishness, cynicism and outright lies have infected most international organizations. The IOC is no exception. The Saakashvili regime’s attack on Tskhinvali took place, if you remember, just on the day of the Beijing Summer Olympics. And what? Have any Georgian athletes been suspended? No!
The United States fought in the Olympics in Iraq, bombed Libya and Afghanistan. Did anyone punish American athletes, forbid them from carrying the flag or singing the American anthem? The question is rhetorical,” Slutsky wrote on his Telegram channel.
Source: Sport
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