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Olympics make call on Russian athletes - CtrlF.XYZ

Olympics make call on Russian athletes

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The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has backed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) determination to proceed sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

The statement follows discussions astatine December's Olympic acme amid the war successful Ukraine.

In a statement released connected Thursday, the IOC announced its stance would stay unchanged with athletes from Russia and Belarus allowed to vie astatine the Paris 2024 summertime and Milan-Cortina 2026 wintertime Olympic Games, but arsenic neutral athletes.

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In addition, nary planetary sporting events volition hap successful Russia oregon Belarus, nor volition the flags, anthems, colours oregon different forms of recognition of those countries beryllium displayed astatine competitions.

Government and authorities officials from those countries volition besides not beryllium invited oregon accredited astatine planetary sports events.

The connection besides reiterated the IOC's "commitment to solidarity with the Ukrainian athletes" and the Ukrainian Olympic movement, encouraging each planetary federations, nationalist Olympic committees and lawsuit organisers to bash everything imaginable to assistance Ukrainian athletes to proceed competing.

AOC president Ian Chesterman said the nationalist assemblage supports this position.

"We are precise wide that athletes from Russia oregon Belarus would person to vie arsenic neutral athletes with nary flags, colours oregon anthems astatine immoderate qualifying events oregon astatine Paris 2024," helium said successful a statement.

"Further, the Olympic charter indispensable beryllium respected by these athletes which means they cannot person supported Russia's amerciable warfare against the radical of Ukraine.

"This remains an highly analyzable contented to negotiate.

"The sanctions indispensable stay and our enactment for Ukraine is unwavering.

Chesterman besides acknowledged the important relation the Olympic question tin play successful unifying people.

"Equally, the relation of the Olympic question has ever been to beforehand the relation of athletics to bring the satellite unneurotic and ne'er to punish the jock for the actions of governments," helium said.

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