Ukrainians are still dying and suffering since Russia initiated war last year. Yet the spineless International Olympic Committee is clearing a path for Russian athletes to compete at 2024 Olympics, nrarmour writes.
It also comes one day after Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed the issue of Russian athletes competing in Paris with French president Emmanuel Macron.The IOC plowed blithely ahead, however, giving Ukraine the equivalent of a middle finger with its self-serving statement about its “unifying mission” and not wanting athletes to be discriminated against because of their passports.
“We recognize that athletes are not the powerbrokers who are responsible for this war. Our call today is a hard stance with a real human cost,” Global Athlete said. “However, the cost on Russian and Belarusian athletes pales in comparison to the atrocities experienced by every single Ukrainian.”
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