They are something like 100 sportsmen and former sportsmen who have agreed to associate their names with a platform in favor of peace, and against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Among them, Tony Estanguet, Paula Radcliffe, Christopher Froome or Didier Drogba.

Among the signatories are also the French basketball player Emilie Gomis, the Australian Jessica Fox quadruple Olympic medalist in canoeing and kayaking, or the former French athlete Stéphane Diagana.

“Playing a useful role in the current crisis”

Under the aegis of the "Peace and Sport" association chaired by Albert II of Monaco, these Olympic and world champions believe that "there is a global community of peace through sport that shares the same values ​​and believes in effectiveness of soft diplomacy.

And which exerts a growing influence on the life of societies.

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“This global community of peace through sport can and must play a useful role in the current crisis, by taking concrete initiatives.

Without waiting.

And relying in particular on the champions, exceptional opinion prescribers, ”they write in this forum broadcast by the association.

Russian athletes banned

And to recall: “barely a few days ago, which today seem so far away, a small gesture of sporting fraternity marked the medal ceremony for the freestyle ski jumping event at the Beijing Olympics: the 'Ukrainian Oleksandr Abramenko, after winning his country's first medal, gave a long hug to his competitor, Ilya Burov, representative of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team.

The IOC decided on February 28 to ban Russian athletes from world sport, turning its back on the neutrality it usually observes.

Most international federations have followed suit, including Fifa by excluding the Russian team from the next world football.

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