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For a lot of sports, the Olympics are your once in a lifetime chance to make a name for yourself,
This was a humiliation of the IOC. It was a humiliation of the World Anti-Doping Agency which is affiliated with the IOC,
The IOC, to some extent, operates in a fantasy land,
says Professor John Hoberman, a professor at the University of Texas Austin who writes about the history and culture of sport The distinction between States and individuals is of paramount importance,
Alexandra Xanthaki, UN special rapporteur for cultural rights, said in May 2023 Qualified athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport will be entered as, and compete as, Individual Neutral Athletes."
According to IOC guidelines The Olympic Games cannot prevent wars and conflicts,
I will represent the refugees around the world – to show people what the refugees can do. We are not weak people. We can be athletes, we can be students, we can be anything we want,
With all the challenges that you have faced, you now have a chance to inspire a new generation, represent something bigger than yourselves and show the world what refugees are capable of."
Chef de Mission for the Refugee Olympic Team Masomah Ali Zada, who competed for the refugee team in Tokyo, welcomed the athletes during the team announcement saying The IOC is turning a blind eye to the involvement of Russian and Belarusian athletes who have demonstrated their support for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. This is not only a violation of the UN Charter, but it continues to punish Ukraine’s innocent men, women and children with a daily catalogue of war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
Wayne Jordash KC, President Global Rights Compliance, said It plays a big role in Russian propaganda, many of their athletes are playing huge roles in the Army.”
We plan to broadcast the opening of the Olympics, and the entire Olympics in general,
said Kristina, the manager of a sports bar The very meaning of the Olympics is gone, has sunk into oblivion,
Anastasia, a Moscow resident who refused to give her surname name, told Reuters I won't watch because Russia won't be there,
said Maria, a Moscow resident who declined to give her last name I think that all the principles of the Olympic movement have been completely violated and that interest (in the Olympics) is quite weak,
The Olympics were originally created as a unification of countries, but in this context this is some kind of obscurantism, not a unification, and everything has turned upside down,
We understand that Russia's circle of allies is much smaller now than it was back then, and it is too small to hold their ersatz Olympics,
Americans, who went to Iraq and later acknowledged the mistake,
We are literally collecting pennies to help the front throughout the country, while they are paying traitors,
wrote one blogger with 257,000 followers on Telegram, using a slur for LGBTQ+ people to refer to those who proposed the payments So now we mix sports and politics?"
Dmitry V. Gubernyev, a well-known Russian sports announcer, said in an interview Each athlete makes such decisions independently,
said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov