Ukraine war: Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics, Zelensky says
Ukraine war: Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics, Zelensky says Published 18 hours ago Share Related Topics Russia-Ukraine war IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS By George Wright BBC News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that allowing Russia to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris would amount to showing that "terror is somehow acceptable". He said he had raised the issue with French President Emmanuel Macron. Moscow must not be allowed to Social bookmarking site list use the Olympics for propaganda, he added. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutrals at the Olympics. But Ukraine has threatened to boycott Paris 2024 if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete. Attempts by the IOC "to bring Russian athletes back into the Olympic Games are attempts to tell the whole world that terror is somehow acceptable", Mr Zelensky said in his nightly video address. Russia must no...