Ukranian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko, the brother of Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko, blasted the IOC for allowing Russian athletes to compete.
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Athletes from Russia or Belarus must compete under a neutral status and have no military links, and anyone who has shown supportBut Klitschko, the brother of Kviv's mayor, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, took to Twitter to rip the IOC for allowing Ukrainian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the fist place.
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