Discrimination against athletes from Belarus and Russia

17 ноября 2022
Another example of double standards. The International Paralympic Committee expelled Belarusian and Russian athletes from the organization. Paralympic committees of the two countries are even deprived of the right to appeal this discriminatory decision. The appeal is possible only after one year. It is noteworthy that only the day before the head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach called upon all countries of the world to participate in the Olympics and pointed out that sport was, is and should remain outside of politics. We can see how this is actually happening and what populist statements are worth. At the same time, international officials, Bach's colleagues, for some reason consider athletes with disabilities not so much as politicians as the enemy.