Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Andrei Chesnokov and member of the NOC Athletes Commission Vladislav Geraskevich met with IOC representative Emma Terho
Ukraine requires from International Olympic Committee (IOC) remove from competitions all Russian and Belarusian athletes who support the war unleashed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Andrey Chesnokov and member of the Athletes’ Commission of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine Vladislav Geraskevich met with a member of the IOC Executive Committee, head of the IOC Athletes Commission Emma Terho. The Ukrainian side provided facts that some leaders of international federations ignore the support of Russian athletes for the war of aggression. In particular, they talked about federations of wrestling, judo, taekwondo and others.
Earlier, Ukrainian athletes appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castery and Chairman of the 2024 Olympics Organizing Committee Tony Estangue with letter of appeal.
In it, the most famous representatives of Ukrainian sports draw the attention of politicians and functionaries to the fact that none of the Russian athletes openly condemned the war, and also provide evidence of support for aggression against Ukraine by “neutral” Russians admitted to the 2024 Olympic Games (for example, Olympic champions Vladislav Larin, Zaurbek Sidakov and Zaur Uguev).
In early December, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to admit participants from Russia and Belarus in the status of “individual neutral athletes” to the 2024 Olympic Games. Acting Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Matvey Bedny called the IOC decision “irresponsible.”
The head of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine, Vadim Gutzeit, spoke about plans to assemble his own admission database regarding “neutral” athletes admitted to the 2024 Olympic Games.
Early in the morning of February 24, 2022, Russia fired rockets and aerial bombardment of most Ukrainian cities, and then launched a full-scale military invasion. The war against Russia has continued for the 714th day.
Source: Sportarena
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