Bucha? That was the leafy Kyiv suburb where we spent a Saturday afternoon, eating ice cream cones and exploring a city park defined by neatly clipped hedges, classical sculptures and
i want to know what you would say to them about allowing athletes from the aggressor states to compete while he will never get that chance. i asked lee if he was surprised by the ipc decision today. well, i was surprised more yesterday by their well, i was surprised more yesterday by their initial reluctance to ban the athletes. i did see. they opened the athletes. i did see. they opened up the athletes. i did see. they opened up a can of worms. there would ve opened up a can of worms. there would ve been protests virtually every would ve been protests virtually every game. there would ve been athletes every game. there would ve been athletes refusing to compete with the russian and belarusian athletes, so i couldn t understand the position so i couldn t understand the position yesterday. and they defended it so forcefully yesterday that it defended it so forcefully yesterday that it was a big surprise this afternoon that it was a big surprise this afternoon when they d
olly foster, thanks so much for going through all those details. things are moving so fast there in terms of sporting sections. let s bring you more on that decision. earlier, we spoke to the journalist lee reaney. he asked ipc president what he would say to the parents of 19 year old ukrainian biathlete yevhen malyshev who was killed in combat in ukraine yesterday. here s the exchange. i want to know what you would say to yevhen malyshev s parents. yevhen was a biathlete on ukraine s nationaljunior team. he was killed yesterday. he was killed yesterday in a bombing in kharkiv. you talked earlier about giving athletes the chance to compete. he will never get a chance to compete again. so, on behalf of his family,
Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as "neutral athletes" because of their countries' roles in the war against Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said Wednesday.