they are to start on Friday, March 4 in Beijing. Exactly one month after the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. In connection with the Russian aggression against Ukraine, discussions continued on the exclusion of athletes representing Vladimir Putin’s country.
The Paralympic Committee made a decision on the participation of Russian athletes. There is agreement
The International Paralympic Committee made the final decision on Wednesday. It shows that competitors from Russia and Belarus who are getting ready to take part in the Winter Paralympics will be able to enter the competition, but as neutral. Their medal achievements are not to be included in the medal table. For many, this is a controversial move. Especially since earlier there were appeals for a different decision.
“We are deeply concerned about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its people. Russia and Belarus have violated all humanitarian rules and the Olympic truce, and Russia is threatening not only Ukraine but the entire democratic world. Russia in a terrifying way violated the rules of the Olympic truce “- we can read in the letter from Łukasz Szeliga, president of the Polish Paralympic Committee. For the imposition of sanctions on the Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus, among others, Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians who issued a joint statement with Poles.
Prominent Ukrainian sportsmen also took the floor. They asked Thomas Bach, chairman of the International Olympic Committee, and Andrew Parson, chairman of the International Paralympic Committee, to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes.
“The games are about to start, and from February 23, we all had to return to our homeland, because the Russian troops attacked Ukraine”, “Belarusian soldiers also support Russians”, “There is still war in Ukraine”, “You are We are forced to fight, defend the country and help civilians in this catastrophe “,” The admission of Russians and Belarusians would be a violation of Olympic ideas “- such sentences are given in the short video.
There are:
- Olha Sa³aducha (athlete specializing in triple jump)
- ¯an Be³eniuk (wrestler, Olympic champion from Tokyo)
- Andrij Howorow (swimmer)
- Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Abramenko (free skier, specializing in acrobatic jumping)
- Darja Bi³odid (judo girl, bronze medalist from Tokyo).
“This is a bad decision and I urge them to think it over diligently.”
– “I am absolutely disappointed with the International Paralympic Committee. This is a bad decision and I urge them to think it over diligently. They must join the rest of the world and condemn this barbaric invasion and block the Russian and Belarusian athletes,” Nadine wrote on Twitter Dorries, UK secretary of state for digitization, culture, media and sport.
– We will consider any options to protest against this decision, in consultation with UK Sport and the British Paralympic Committee. I will meet my counterparts in other countries this week and we will talk about how to respond collectively, added Dorries.
Let us remind you that on Monday he excluded Russia and Belarus from his ranks. “The current war in Ukraine puts the Olympic movement in a dilemma. While athletes from Russia and Belarus could still participate in sports events, many Ukrainian athletes cannot do so because of the attack on their country.”
“The Olympic Movement is united in the mission of contributing to peace through sport and the unification of the world in peaceful rivalry beyond all political disputes. The Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championships and World Cups and many other sporting events unite athletes from countries will be those in a state of confrontation, and sometimes even war “- added the representatives of the IOC.
The Games in China will run until March 13. The organizers prepared 78 sets of medals in six disciplines.
Source: Sport
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