Ukraine condemned the IOC’s decision to allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in the 2024 Olympics – Ukrainskaya Pravda

The head of the Ministry of Youth Sports, Matvey Bedny, said that the decision of the IOC Executive Committee to admit individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympic Games in a neutral status is irresponsible and called on the IOC to finally take off its rose-colored glasses in relation to the aggressor country.

Source: Ministry of Youth and Sports in Facebook

Poor’s direct speech: “We strongly condemn the irresponsible decision of the members of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee.”

Details: According to him, the decision of the IOC Executive Committee to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to hide behind fake neutrality is irresponsible.

The minister recalled that the other day IOC President Thomas Bach announced that the corresponding decision would be made only in March next year.

“For our part, we explained to international partners and the Olympic Committee that Russian athletes have the same passports as the occupiers who kill Ukrainians. This means that they bear part of the responsibility for the deaths of Ukrainians. During the war, it will not be possible to hide behind the white flag “Neutrality.” Neutrality at a time when the bloodiest war since the Second World War continues in Europe and one nation is trying to destroy another means irresponsibility and silent connivance with the murderers,” Bidny said.

He also emphasized that Russia is the only state that has violated the Olympic truce three times, is trying to carry out an alternative to the Olympics and is threatening to come to the Olympics in tanks.

“What else should Russia do – who else should Russia kill so that the International Olympic Committee can finally take off its rose-colored glasses regarding the terrorist country?” – Poor asked.

The minister promised that a decision regarding Ukraine’s participation in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be made after consultations with the Ukrainian sports community and the country’s top political leadership.

What preceded: Before this, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in a neutral status; teams will not participate.