Eighty Latvian MPs have sent a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron and the French Parliament, urging them to prohibit Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the Latvian Parliament said in a press release on Jan. 11.
Former heavyweight world champion Volodymyr Klitschko commented on the controversial decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris under a neutral flag.
Vadym Huttsait, Head of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee, has stated that the final decision regarding the participation of Ukrainian athletes in the Olympics in Paris together with athletes from Russia and Belarus has not yet been made.