Russian athletes who have actively served in the military invasion of Ukraine should be allowed to return to international sports if they did not take part in war crimes. Know more:
her view that “an athlete who has participated in war would be included” for neutral status to compete in sports without national symbols such as flags and anthems.
“We cannot hold all men who participate in illegal wars by their states following orders responsible. Those who perform crimes, we must,” Xanthaki wrote. Since January, the IOC has pushed for finding a path to reintegrate Russians and Belarusians into world sports. It pointed to that excluding athletes based only on their passport would be discrimination that breached their human rights.
The Ukrainians “ferociously disagreed with my analysis,” she acknowledged in a Twitter exchange, adding that athletes taking part from countries in the Global South agreed with her.
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