Nearly 200 Ukrainian athletes and coaches signed an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Casteret and the organizers of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, demanding that Russians not be allowed to participate in the tournament. According to ua.tribuna.com report.
Signatories include track and field athletes Yaroslava Maguchikh, Marina Bekh-Romanchuk, tennis players Lesya Tsurenko and Lyudmila Kichenok. We also talked about football players such as Mikhail Mudrik, Georgy Sudakov, Anatoly Trubin, Daniil Sikan.
The Paris Olympics will begin at the end of July 2024. In December 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed Russia to participate in the Olympics with neutral status.
The International Olympic Committee had previously announced six quotas for Russians to compete in the Olympic Games. The organization said Russian athletes will be required to sign updated terms of participation, which include a commitment to respect the Olympic Charter, including the “peaceful mission of the Olympic movement”. Russian athletes who rank well in their own disciplines will be allowed to compete.
Previously Ukrainian football club in the name The IOC should not humiliate itself and allow Russians to participate in the Olympic Games.