A swimmer who has been aiming for the Tokyo Olympics over the situation in Myanmar where more than 700 citizens have been killed by the military crackdown will not participate in the Tokyo Games under the current system to show his will to protest. Was announced.
It was Win Tet Wu, a 26-year-old freestyle swimmer, who announced that he would not participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
In April, he posted a sentence on his own page on Facebook, accusing many citizens of being killed by the crackdown of the Myanmar army, and in March, he was shot dead in the middle of a demonstration. A 19-year-old woman slammed into taekwondo and complained that some of the victims were young athletes.
He also accused Myanmar's Olympic Commission of being "a puppet of the current administration ordering the killing of peaceful citizens and the arrest of democratic activists," and "under the flag of the blood of the people. I will not participate in the Olympic march. "
In addition, IOC = International Olympic Committee, "If you approve the Olympic Committee of Myanmar, you will recognize the legitimacy of the murderous administration," and will participate in the Olympic Games in Myanmar under the current system. I asked not to admit it.
Win Tet Wu has participated in international swimming competitions as a representative of Myanmar and has been practicing based in Australia for next year's Tokyo competition.