War in Ukraine: "To maintain its authority, the IOC will not be able to limit itself to simple diplomatic declarations"

In the previous JO-rama, following the invasion of the Russian and Belarusian armies in Ukraine, you spoke of major consequences on the role of politics in world Olympic governance.

Two months later is this really the case?

More than ever.

It seems that the apolitical bubble in which the sport wished to want to remain “locked up” is now completely burst.

The political neutrality displayed by the IOC in particular for decades is no longer appropriate: a good thing for those who have not supported the hypocrisy in this area in the past, a dangerous drift for the snags of apoliticism in Olympic governance .

By multiplying the initiatives, exclusions and prohibitions with regard to Russian and Belarusian sport, the international and national federations, the owners of sports competitions and above all the IOC have acted with a certain coherence, speed and force.

All, each at their own level, have put the...

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