Nothing political about ir. It is humanitarian
It wasn’t clear if that is just a blanket rule for all countries or not. It would have been funny if they made up a kit where it was a more accurate map of Ukraine, but only came together with 3 or 4 athletes standing together in the right order.
Considering they allow russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags, I see no reason why they should forbid anyone from expressing their national identity. If the map of Ukraine is somehow a point of contention for some other team, maybe that team should not compete
The problem is that the map features a contested border.
It would be like Pakistan or India showing up wearing a map of their countries which show they annexed all of Jammu & Kashmir. It isn’t just an expression of national identity at that point.
Contested? I believe the world overwhelmingly recognizes the real borders of Ukraine as depicted on that map.
I can contest your right to keep all the parts of your body but it doesn’t mean my violent shitposting should accepted by the mewling and servile population of people that confuse rational tones with rationality.
Welcome to international diplomacy…
Fuck the IOC.
Neutrality my entire ass
This shit is so fucking embarrassing.
Then don’t go. There are bigger things in life and at this point even the Olympics are oozing billionaire money
Horse events are really the only sports with billionaire energy lol. Ask me how much those horses are insured for.
Sushkevych previously stated that Ukrainian Paralympians would not boycott the Games, as that would only play into Vladimir Putin’s hands.
They did consider the option, though
That’s stupid
It helps achieve the political goals of IOC. Putin has given them a lot money, so IOC wants to support Putin. This is not a stupid way to achieve that.
How much money can he give the IOC now? 8 billion rubles? That’s like $7.
