The Ukrainian Olympic Committee has signed a joint statement with the Ukrainian sports federations asking the International Olympic Committee to consider the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions until the end of the military invasion. bottom.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee held a meeting on the 9th in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, gathering domestic sports federations and others.
Among them, the IOC is considering returning to Russia and its allied Belarusian athletes, who were excluded from international sports competitions due to the military invasion in January, on the condition of "neutrality" that does not represent the country or region. There was a discussion on how to respond to what was said.
As a result, they signed and issued a joint statement calling on the IOC not to allow athletes from both countries to return to international competition as long as the military aggression continues.
The joint statement said that more than 250 Ukrainian athletes had been killed in the military invasion, and that other athletes had lost the opportunity to train and compete in the country. Not only does he train at a reasonable cost and in comfortable conditions, but he also publicly supports military action and wears the mask of 'neutrality' just to participate in the Games and then takes it off."
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee is also considering a possible boycott of next year's Paris Olympics if athletes from Russia and Belarus are allowed to participate, and President Futzeit said, "Athletes from both countries will not participate in international competitions under any circumstances. I will do everything in my power to prevent this from happening," he said.