The 2024 Olympics in Paris can boycott because of the involvement of Russia and Belarus-the media

According to the head of the NOC of Ukraine Vadim Gutzait, as long as the war in Ukraine is ongoing, Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be in international competitions. And the President of the Olympic Committee of Latvia Georges Takemers said that the Latvia national team will not go to games.

A few days after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in games, representatives of other countries began to threaten the boycott of the nearby Olympic Games, including those planned for the summer of 2024 in Paris. About it reports Newsweek. The Minister of Sports of Ukraine Vadim Gutzait was one of the first to oppose Russian or Belarusian athletes, even under a neutral flag.

According to the minister, the position of Ukraine has not changed: until the war in Ukraine continues, Russian and Belarussian athletes should not be in international competitions. On Tuesday, January 31, the President of the Olympic Committee of Latvia Georges Tickers told local journalists that "the Latvian national team will not go to these games.

" "The position of Latvia is this: if these games were held now, and athletes from Russia and Belarus would participate in them, I think that the Latvia national team would not go to these games," Tickers explained. He also added that he hopes that the war will end and Ukraine will win it, then everything will be different, and Latvian athletes will be able to participate in the Olympiad.

Ticomers recalled that, in relation to Russian athletes, sanctions for doping continue to operate, and against the background of Russia -solved war in Ukraine, this should cause a boycott of other countries of competitions involving Russian or Belarusian athletes. On the eve of January 31, the IOC stated that any calls for sanctions against Russia or Belarus would not be discussed.