Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has stated that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be welcome at the Olympic Games to be held in the French capital this year. Source: French news agency AFP, citing Hidalgo, as reported by European Pravda Details: "I want to tell Russian and Belarusian athletes that they are not welcome in Paris," she said.
Vadym Huttsait, President of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee, has said over 400 Ukrainian athletes have been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: Huttsait during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "Nowadays, we regularly hear from the other side (Russia) that they don't want to participate (in the Olympics) without their flag, that they won't participate, that it's not fair to them.
Some in Russia have complained about supposed unfairness of only being able to compete without the Russian flag, said Vadym Gutzeit, the head of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee. "We're losing people. Is that fair to us?" he added.
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.