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Ukraine to compete at 2024 Olympics on one condition: athletes from Russia and Belarus must perform under neutral flags (www.rt.com)

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[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's the neutral flag:

[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

We’ll see what comes first, Zelenskyy getting deposed or the Olympic games

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[–] Willer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

less competition for the ukrainian teams ;)

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just ban Russia and Belarus from participating FFS. Don't even let them in under neutral flags.

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In principle I agree but considering the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel are participating in all competitions without any sanctions I don't see why we should be making a special case for Russia.

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