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MOSCOW – Moscow expressed hope on Friday that Russia could once again become part of the Olympic community. She announced this despite the sanctions imposed on Russian athletes by the International Olympic Committee in connection with the war in Ukraine.
The committee recommended that athletes from Russia and Belarus compete under a neutral flag at next year’s Olympics in Paris. “We hope that in the end reason will prevail, that the idea of Olympism will prevail and that we will once again be included in the Olympic family. After all, it is the very idea of Olympism that will suffer and is already suffering from limitations. The highest sporting achievements are impossible without state support.” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to AFP.
Russia already announced in September that Moscow will not boycott next year’s games and that every Russian athlete is free to decide whether or not to compete as a neutral. Ukraine spoke against the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympics, which claims that sports cannot be separated from politics.
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2023-09-22 13:00:22
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