Ukraine’s sports ministry said the recommendations should primarily be applied to sports where athletes from Russia and Belarus have already been admitted to competitions
Ukraine’s sports ministry condemned on Wednesday what it said was a partial change of position by the International Olympic Committee on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in international competitions as neutrals.on Tuesday for the athletes’ gradual return to world sport, with President Thomas Bach saying their participation “works” despite Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“We have consistently advocated and will continue to insist that under the conditions of the unprecedented unprovoked military aggression of the Russian Federation with the support of the Republic of Belarus against Ukraine, which contradicts the principles of the Olympic Charter, representatives of aggressor states should not be present at international sports arenas.”
The head of Russia’s Olympic Committee said the criteria announced by the IOC were unacceptable. The Kremlin said the IOC’s guidelines that allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in contained “elements of discrimination”.
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