PARIS: President of the IOC Thomas Bach should learn from history when it comes to its move to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the 2024 Olympics, one of Ukraine’s top athletes Olha Saladukha told AFP. It’s been almost a year since Russia invaded Ukraine – with the help of its ally Belarus...
Courchevel: Olympic leader Thomas Bach said on Sunday that he shared the “sorrow and suffering of the people” of Ukrainian athletes, stressing that it is not up to each government to decide who participates in international sports competitions. The Ukrainian athletes, said Bach on the sidelines of the World Ski Championships, “know how much we...
LAUSANNE: The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, has told Ukraine that his calls to stop the 2024 Paris Games on the possibility of participation of Russian competitors against the Olympic “principle” because its organization was accused of “on the wrong side of history”. In a letter to the Ukrainian Olympic Committee released on Thursday,...