International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that Ukrainian athletes have problems with competition for a possible “intervention” by one’s own governmentwill have direct support Olympic Movement Solidarity Fund for the Ukrainian Olympic community and with athlete support programs from a body chaired by Thomas Bach.
Updates to questions and answers regarding the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions, including the position of the IOC regarding the decree of the government of Ukraine.
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IOC On March 28, he issued an opinion in which he leaned towards allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Olympic qualification processesWith. Always with restrictions like neutrality, lack of national symbols, or outright rejection of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
After the announcement by the IOC Ukrainian government pointed out that those federations of your country that allow their athletes to compete with Russian athletesthey can lose their official status as national federations representatives of the country he leads Vladimir Zelensky.
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Also Government of Ukraine decided that Ukrainian athletes do not participate in those qualifying competitions for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in which the relevant international federation approved readmission of Russian and Belarusian athletes in accordance with the new IOC recommendations.
Now the IOC has said in a statement that Ukraine’s decision on its national federations “harm” the community of Ukrainian athletes, their national sports federations and it will not affect the war “which the world wants to stop”.
The IOC has always maintained that It is not up to governments to decide which athletes can compete in which international competitions.”“, added in the aforementioned statement.
“The IOC has always followed and will continue in this case athlete protection policy. Therefore, if this were implemented, athletes who would like to compete and would lose the support of their National Sports Federation and National Olympic Committee due to government interference could rely on direct support of the Olympic Movement Solidarity Fund for the Ukrainian Olympic community and IOC athlete support programs,” he concluded.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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