Olympic gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko has joined Ukraine’s fight against International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to let some Russians compete at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Know more:
with the words “Right, Mr. Bach?”
“You cannot put your Olympic emblem on these crimes because you will be an accomplice with this abominable war,” said Klitschko, who won the superheavyweight title at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Responding to criticism on Monday, the IOC said it “rejects in the strongest possible terms this and other defamatory statements.”
The IOC also has pointed to human rights concerns at the United Nations that athletes must not face discrimination based solely on their passport.
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