Ukraine hopes to secure widespread international support for banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Paris Olympics due to Moscow's invasion, the sports minister said on Tuesday.
Ukraine hopes to secure widespread international support for banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Paris Olympics due to Moscow's is open to including Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals at the 2024 Games and has opened a door to them competing in qualifiers.
The 51-year-old won an Olympic fencing team gold in 1992, was junior saber champion in the old Soviet Union four years before that, and coached Ukraine's winning team at the 2008 Games.athletes and coaches have died in the war, Huttsait said, with over 340 sports facilities damaged or ruined. Moscow says its "special military operation" in Ukraine is to protect its own security, denies accusations of atrocities, and says any push to squeeze it out of global sport will fail.The IOC's previous recommendation to ban Russians and Belarusians has been applied by many sports federations.
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