Posted on 01/28/2023 12:43:53 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over its stated desire to include Russian athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In spite of Zelensky’s calls to exclude Russia from next year’s Summer Olympics, the IOC on Wednesday said it aimed pursue a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as “neutral athletes” who “in no way represent their state or any other organisation in their country.”
The organization said the passport an athlete holds should not be a reason why they can’t compete, citing a “unifying mission” during wartime. It pointed to the example of Yugoslavian athletes competing at the 1992 Barcelona Games, despite the country being under United Nations sanctions during a civil war.
Zelensky, in a Friday speech, blasted the IOC’s “attempts to bring representatives of the terrorist state into world sports.”
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You’ve got one for everything.
:)
I touched a nerve I see... :)
I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.
That doesn’t even make sense with respect to your original post to me.
There is no reason to ping groups of people, we can read the thread ourselves.
I swear to God after that rant you dream of Zelensky naked.
I like your humor. :)
However, the fact that Putin is never seen in any place that could put him in danger... is strange. Especially for a leader who usually likes to show off half naked riding horses...
Putin riding horses half naked (very gay of him):
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=putin+riding+horses&qpvt=putin+riding+horses&form=IGRE&first=1
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