Australia, Germany, and the USA are among the nations calling for the ban, though Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutral participants.
abc.net.au/news/olympic-tensions-deepen-35-countries-ban-russia-belarus/101961038A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, deepening the uncertainty over the Paris Games.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the online meeting attended by 35 international ministers to discuss the call for the ban, pointing out 228 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have died as a result of the Russian invasion. "The assistant secretary outlined that the United States will continue to join a vast community of nations in our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine and hold the Russian Federation accountable for its brutal and barbaric war against Ukraine, as well as the complicit Lukashenka regime in Belarus," a State Department spokesperson said.
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