Ukrainian athletes say they might boycott the 2024 Paris Olympics if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed in. The International Olympic Committee’s response? “A boycott is a violation of the Olympic Charter.”
Ukraine is threatening to boycott the 2024 Summer Olympics if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to participate, ratcheting up pressure on key decision-makers weighing whether to keep the two countries in a pariah status.
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee agreed at an extraordinary general assembly on Friday that a boycott is an option if the International Olympic Committee continues its bid to end the with the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian Olympic officials are set to make their decision in the coming months.
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