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[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 29 points 1 year ago

But Russians are still able to compete under neutral flag, same as last year.

This lets them feel like victims but also take credit for any medals Russian athletes win. I honestly don't understand why the Olympics insist on having Russians competing when they cheated systematically even before they started murdering Ukrainians.

[-] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago

If we want to exclude athletes from international competition just because the ruling class in the country they happen to have been born in undertakes military action, that's fine. We just have to be consistent about it. I'd like to see athletes from the US, Isreal, UK, France, Canada, and many other countries treated the same way the west is currently treating Russian and Belorussian athletes.

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