The Tennis Federation of Ukraine once again called on world sports functionaries to open their eyes.
Athletes from aggressor countries should not be returned to the arena. Moreover, the penalties against them should be tightened. So think about the Tennis Federation of Ukraine. As an example, they mentioned the situation with Arina Sobolenko.
Recall that the Belarusian tennis player won the Australian Open, which the dictator Alexander Lukashenko did not miss the opportunity to take advantage of. He used the athlete’s success for his PR.
“We have repeatedly called for a ban on the performance of all Russian and Belarusian athletes without exception in all arenas of the world. This is not about the athletes themselves, although many of them are active supporters of their totalitarian regime and enthusiastically support the bloody war against Ukraine, and some formally serve in the armed forces.
The main point we want to remember is that the aggressor states use any successes of their athletes to spread and praise their own system and cannibalistic ideology.
The example of Arina Sobolenko, who won the Australian Open, is evidence of the validity of the above thesis. After the broadcast of the semi-final and final of the competition, which was pirated on the Belarusian national TV channel, which in itself is a violation of international law, the self-proclaimed President Lukashenko was proud of the victory of the Belarusian tennis player and raised. a glass to his victory.
He is not concerned that Sobolenko is playing under a neutral flag, as required by international tennis organizations. For him, as in principle for many others, he represents Belarus and glorifies it.
The Australian Open showed other examples of the fact that nothing separates athletes without flags from their countries. The orgy with Russian flags and photos against the background of pictures of the war criminal Putin is another argument to change the wrong decisions…
These events clearly show that sport is not “out of politics”. On the contrary, it characterizes one of the political directions. Regimes use it for their propaganda purposes.
You may have different attitudes toward certain athletes from certain states. But how does one know the aggressor countries that are flooding Ukraine with blood? They should be punished now.
Banning the performance of athletes in international arenas is one of the most effective ways of separating Russia and Belarus. This tool should be applied as soon as possible instead of giving aggressors platforms for their self-promotion.
We call for the separation of Russian and Belarusian athletes within the borders of their states immediately,” the official statement said.
Recall that in the final of the Australian Open, the Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko, playing in a neutral status, defeated the former Russian Elena Rybakina representing Kazakhstan.
Earlier, the IOC expressed confidence that the athletes’ neutral status had proven itself at the tournaments.
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