The IOC issued recommendations allowing Russians and Belarusians to compete in future competitions as “neutral” athletes, without a flag or other national identifiers—provided they “don’t actively support the war.”
and around the world, many of whom are vowing to fight back against the controversial decision.
Moscow “uses sport to further brainwash to persuade people … If they don’t face strict punishment, then it’s just empty words,” Heraskevych said. “There are statements about sports building bridges. We tried to build bridges for eight years. It’s terrible to understand that war actually started in 2014 when Russia hosted the Olympic Games, our territories were occupied. It was clear back then that the Olympic Games helped increase Russia’s image on a very high level.
“From the beginning of the war, they spread information on tour to say that it’s the right thing to do, Russia is the best, strongest country in the world,” she said. “If supporting the war is OK, then what else is OK? Why is no one talking about discrimination against Ukrainians? We only hear about the discrimination of Russians and Belarusians.
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