Allowing Russian athletes any opportunity to compete in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris would be 'totally indecent' because of that nation's war against Ukraine, the French capitol's mayor has declared.
"totally indecent" because of that nation's war against Ukraine, the French capitol's mayor has declared., it is not possible to march as if nothing had happened, to have a delegation come to Paris, while the bombs continue to rain down on Ukraine," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told Franceinfo radio Tuesday.a proposal pitched last month by the International Olympic Committee
The proposal, which the IOC has since stressed is only under consideration, has been rejected by both Ukrainian and Russian officials as well as a growing list of countries that want to keep the current ban on athletes from the countries responsible for the war.if Russians and Belarusians are going to be there, while Russia is demanding its athletes be treated no differently than those from any other nation.
The French government is not ruling out a potential "sanction" against Russia at the Paris Olympics, spokesman Olivier Veran said Wednesday at a news conference, the Associated Press reported. The Paris mayor suggested in the radio interview that neutrality for Russian and Belarusian athletes "doesn't really exist" so she can no longer support them competing under a neutral banner, as refugees and dissidents have done in the past.
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