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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Papers 20220303 23:51:00

committees, some of which have been contacted by their governments, teams and athletes, are expressing their intention not to compete. the situation in the athletes village has escalated and has now become untenable. the war was brought to these games and then the situation has escalated. i don t think we have underestimated it. we were trying to protect the games from war. away from the politics, british athletes have been trying to prepare for the event, but today the man leading the team in beijing told me he welcomed the news. the horrendous scenes we have seen in ukraine meant that we did not think there was any way in which those athletes could be at the games in any kind of keeping with the paralympic values. if they hadn t reversed the decision, would you have withdrawn, would you have boycotted? clearly, we heard around the village of other nations that were considering it, but we had not made that decision. a total of 83 athletes from russia and belarus have been told to lea

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20220303 22:50:00

which have been contacted by - organisers to think again. some of which have been contacted by the| which have been contacted by the governmentteams and athletes are expressing not to compete, the situation and athletes village has escalated and now become untenable. the war was brought to these gains, and this situation has escalated. i don t think they have underestimated it. we were trying to protect the gains from war. gains from war. away from the olitics, gains from war. away from the politics, british athletes - gains from war. away from the politics, british athletes have i gains from war. away from the - politics, british athletes have been trying to prepare for the event, but today, the man leading the team in beijing told me he welcomed the news. . beijing told me he welcomed the news. . , ., ., , , , news. the awful horrendous seems we have seen in news. the awful horrendous seems we have seen in ukraine news. the awful horrendous seems we have seen in ukraine meant

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at Six 20220303 18:24:00

but today the man leading the team in beijing told me he welcomed the news. the horrendous scenes we have seen in ukraine meant that we did not think there was any way in which those athletes could be at the games in any kind of keeping with the paralympic values. if they hadn t reversed the decision, would you have withdrawn, would you have boycotted? clearly, we heard around the village of other nations that were considering it, but we had not made that decision. a total of 83 athletes from russia and belarus have been told to leave beijing, but with just hours until the opening ceremony, the event has been thrown into further chaos. russia launching a last ditch appeal. in a statement its paralympic committee said. but amongst those who will be present is the 20 strong ukrainian team, here after several days travelling from their war torn country. this is a miracle. it is really incredible

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