The French government relied on Wednesday February 8 to a decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ” by summer “As for the thorny subject of the participation of Russian athletes in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, without closing the door to a” sanction “. At the end of January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that the Russians be already banned from the next Olympics. The pressure increased on Tuesday, when the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, rallied to this hard line ” as long as there is war led by Russia in Ukraine. Despite repeated calls from Kyiv to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics, the IOC said “ to study » the possibility of authorizing them to participate, under a « neutral banner “.
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