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Olympic Committee will ban Russian athletes from participating in international competitions Israel today

2022-02-28T15:00:01.225Z


Following the decision to cancel the competitions in Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine, the IOC decided to take another step in the boycott and recommends not to share the athletes from these countries in international events • The sanctions also include Belarus which supports its power


Exacerbate sanctions.

After the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended canceling competitions in Russia and Belarus, following the invasion of Ukraine, the IOC decided to go one step further with a boycott and recommended not to involve athletes from these countries in international events.

The statement said: "In order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all participants, the Board of Directors of the International Olympic Committee, recommends to international sports federations and sporting event organizers not to invite or allow participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions."

"Wherever this is not possible at short notice for organizational or legal reasons, the IOC EB strongly urges international sports federations and sporting event organizers around the world to do their utmost to ensure that no athlete or sports official from Russia or Belarus is allowed to participate under the name of Russia or Belarus. .

Russian or Belarusian citizens, whether individuals or groups, should only be accepted as neutral athletes or neutral groups.

Do not display national symbols, colors, flags or anthems. "

International Olympic Committee asks all sports to ban Russia and Belarus from competitions https://t.co/N4OP9ycZbD

- The Independent (@Independent) February 28, 2022

"The Olympic movement is united in its mission to contribute to peace through sport and to unite the world in peaceful competition beyond all political controversy. The Olympic Games, the Paralympics, the World and World Cups and many other sporting events unite athletes who are in conflict and sometimes even in war.

At the same time, the Olympic movement is united in its sense of fairness not to punish athletes for their government decisions if they do not actively participate in them.

We are committed to fair competitions for all without any discrimination.

The current war in Ukraine, however, puts the Olympic movement in a dilemma.

While athletes from Russia and Belarus will be able to continue to participate in sporting events, many athletes from Ukraine are prevented from doing so because of the attack on their country.

This is an unsolvable dilemma.

Therefore, the IOC EB today considered the situation well and with a heavy heart made the decision. "

It is important to note that this is still a recommendation of the International Olympic Committee, but as we saw on Friday after the recommendation not to hold competitions in Russia and Belarus, many events were canceled.

We will now wait to see if here too the recommendations will become deeds. 

And if that's not enough, as a humiliating move towards Vladimir Putin, the Olympic Committee withdrew the Olympic order from the President of Russia, it is the highest honor of the IOC given to it in 2001.

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Source: israelhayom

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