What is the matter?
As the Ukrain-Russia war has changed many prospects of the world, the sports field is also affected.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo stated recently during the starting period of February on the matter, “Competitors from Russia who will take part in the Olympics should be banned as it is the situation where the war is continuously going on in Ukraine.”
He added that if Russia wants participation then Russia will be put under a “neutral flag” to avoid “depriving in athletes mind about the competition.”
I don’t want there to be any Russian delegation at the Paris 2024 Games, I would find that irrational,” Hidalgo revealed on radio station France Info.
International Olympic Committee has issued an update in which the Paris mayor stated this.
Only Six Russian athletes have been given a green signal by World Athletics to compete internationally as neutral athletes but the remaining athletes are still in a frozen mode as the country is banned from the sports event.
Though Danil Chechela (long jump), Artem Chermoshanskiy (long jump), Nikita Anishchenkov (high jump), Maksim Pianzin (race walking), Nikita Kurbanov (high jump), Marina Kovaleva (long distance) are some exceptions who have eligibility to participate and they were approved by the Doping Review Board.
track and field athletes should not be eligible to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Russian athletes are prohibited in any form from showing the representation of their country, like hoisting the country flag or singing the national anthem.
In any event, where a ROC athlete will be awarded, a Tchaikovsky song piece will be played and the Russian national anthem will not be there, and the country flag will not be flown, the ROC flag, which shows the Olympic rings and red, blue, and white stripes, will be flown.
Which sport include neutrals athlete
the French Open in tennis and at the Australian Open in tennis and some other professional sports neutral athletes were allowed.
Ukraine’s view
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that allowing Russia to compete in the Olympics will be tantamount to showing that “terror is worldwide acceptable In some way.”
Ukraine hopes to get international support for banning Russian athletes from the Paris Olympics in 2024.
Vadym Huttsait, 51, a former Olympic fencing champion is also against allowing them as a neutral athlete.
He stated when our athletes and our soldiers are defending our homeland we can’t include them anywhere.
A proposal by the Olympic Council of Asia to allow them to compete in Asia is also not rational because Ukraine’s sporting authorities will face it as a “very difficult decision” taken by the authority.
Denmark’s view
Denmark also noted that it is not right to have them participate in the Olympics even in a neutral way.
“Russia must be banned from all international sport since their attack on Ukraine is ongoing. The cultural minister ok Denmark says this.
Views of USA
The U.S.A. supports the exclusion of Russia from the Olympics.
As it is over a year of continuous war and Russia has lost moral values there is no point to include Russia in the Olympics.
Conclusion
Though the sport is for uniting the world, Russia proves to be an exception and will be excluded from sports activity because of the inhuman behavior with Ukraine.
Politics should not be mixed with the sport yet it may be proven as an exceptional case where a country is going to be banned from sports and the world is in support of that ban.
