The IOC said in statement that Russia’s decision to claim regional sports organizations in occupied areas of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, areas which should be under the authority of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee, as members was a breach of the Olympic Charter.

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to participate in the Games as long as they do so as so-called neutral athletes, without an accompanying national flag or anthem.

The IOC seems to basically be just another political body serving the West.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
    hexbear
    27
    8 months ago

    fucking LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

    God I hate it here.

    The IOC is one of the most corrupt, shittiest NGOs around. It's a giant city-flattening bomb for displacing poor people and funneling money in to private hands using ruinously expensive sports facilities that will never be used after the olympics. It should be disbanded immediately with extreme violence. Go back to running around naked in Greece.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
    hexbear
    23
    8 months ago

    Daily reminder Hitler hosted the 1936 Olympics. It was also notable for being the first televised Olympics and Haiti and Liechtenstein realizing their flags are virtually identical.

  • Maoo [none/use name]
    hexbear
    17
    8 months ago

    Well of course, after all the IOC has also banned the USA, the entirety of Western Europe, and Israel, so this is consistent.

  • kristina [she/her]
    hexbear
    10
    8 months ago

    Does this also mean that Israel will compete under the Palestinian flag or be neutral athletes 🤔