Posted on 03/01/2022 12:49:47 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Another sports governing body has barred Russia from international competitions, as the International Skating Union (ISU) has moved to exclude Russian competitors in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Only a day after the governing body of international soccer, FIFA moved to ban Russian teams from the World Cup, the ice skating organization said that no skater from Russia or Belarus “shall be invited or allowed to participate” in ISU events until further notice, according to the CBC.
Artur Was of Poland and Kai Verbij of The Netherlands competes in the mens 500m race during day three of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Finals held...
(Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
“The ISU Council reiterates its solidarity with all those affected by the conflict in Ukraine, and our thoughts are with the entire Ukrainian people and country,” the organization added in a Tuesday statement.
On Monday, FIFA ruled that Russia’s national team would be barred from the World Cup after initially only giving the team lite restrictions.
The International Olympic Committee is also moving to bar Russia and Belarus from competition on the International scene.
Thomas Bach
(Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
In a statement on Monday, the IOC said it issued a recommendation to ban both countries with a “heavy heart,” but noting that Russia’s invasion puts Ukrainian athletes in an unfair position.
“In order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants, the IOC EB recommends that International Sports Federations and sports event organizers not invite or allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in international competitions,” the IOC statement added.
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What a joke.
What about the International Blini Cook-Off?
I'm sure this hurts Vlad deeply and he is now questioning his decision to invade.
/sarc
WOW ,that will leave a mark
Russian fags deeply saddened.
These are hard hitting “sanctions”. Banning drugging would hurt them harder.
That’ll stop Putin.
Well I suppose this is going to be a boon for Yakov Smirnoff’s career.
Poor bloke might even get suicidal, and do the pill+bullet in thing in his "lair" or "bunker"...
One could only hope.
All the world's pharisee's - professional and amateur alike - are out in full force LOL
Figukre skating matters to Putin and Russians.
So does soccer...
and especially Hockey, as Russia banned from international hockey as well.
The Russian fags have not been very competitive, but the Russian women have owned the sport for the last 10 years.
Now the world’s getting serious!!!
Without a doubt. It didn't hurt The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York
Really unfortunate all these organization from sports to the arts feel they have to do something symbolic but of course will only end up hurting their own people in the end.
You cannot be serious. Virtue signaling in sports does not win a war for the hearts and minds of rational people.
It doesn’t win a war idiot.
It just shows the entire world is against Russia.
Those women are spectacular skaters. The start them with ballet. They are lean, limber and graceful.
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