I don’t want Russian gymnasts competing in the Paris Olympics.
YES it’s rotten for Russian athletes who don’t support Putin’s war, if there are any.
But banning Russia totally is the least bad scenario for 2024.
FIG President Morinari Watanabe echoed the IOC position that Russians should be allowed to compete as independents, as they did in Tokyo. I disagree.
If any Russians compete in Paris all headlines will be about that controversial decision, degrading the actually Olympic ideals for the nations of the world that did not invade their neighbours.
AND it looks like FIG will continue to delay a final decision until it’s too late for them to be included.
International Gymnastics Federation postpones decision on re-admitting Russia until July
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