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Ukraine threatens to boycott the 2024 Paris Olympics over the participation of Russian athletes.

Multi Sports General

Posted 1 years ago
Ukraine threatens to boycott the 2024 Paris Olympics over the participation of Russian athletes.

Ukraine's sports minister on Friday renewed a threat to boycott the 2024 Paris Olympics games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are 
allowed to compete and said Kyiv would lobby other nations to join.

Ukraine hopes to secure widespread international support for a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes after the IOC opened the door for them to compete as neutrals in Paris.

Athletes from Russia and neighbouring Belarus, which aided Moscow's invasion of Ukraine a year ago, have been banned from many international competitions since.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said a boycott will violate the Olympic Charter and that its 
inclusion of Russian and Belarusians is based on a U.N. resolution against discrimination within the Olympic movement.

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