I fully support Ukraine in the war against Russia, but I actually agree with the IOC in this particular case. If they were to allow athletes to display overtly political expressions like this...
I fully support Ukraine in the war against Russia, but I actually agree with the IOC in this particular case. If they were to allow athletes to display overtly political expressions like this while competing then it's very likely the more unscrupulous countries (like Russia) would start forcing their athletes to spread their own political propaganda at the Olympics. So the IOC remaining neutral, not taking sides in international conflicts, and banning all forms of political expressions during the games is the right way to go, IMO.
In my opinion IOC is already overtly political, since it allowed to participate Russia, a country that tries to kill their neighbors (and known of cheating all the time everywhere possible). A...
In my opinion IOC is already overtly political, since it allowed to participate Russia, a country that tries to kill their neighbors (and known of cheating all the time everywhere possible). A country that kills children, kidnaps children, denies existence of another nation. That fact that IOC allowed such evil country to participate is a clear sign of IOC political point of view - $$. It cares only about money, fair play and honesty doesn't matter, being excellent doesn't matter, only money. It is sad that such entity which should be an example of honesty and fairness allows killers to participate. Such disgusting political expression towards people looking for fair play in this world - banning athlete from invaded country only for showing the truth.
Russia was not allowed to participate. Individual athletes from Russia were allowed to compete but without anything associated with Russia. The IOC offered to let Heraskevych show the helmet...
Russia was not allowed to participate. Individual athletes from Russia were allowed to compete but without anything associated with Russia.
The IOC offered to let Heraskevych show the helmet before and after his races, to let him wear it during training, to let him show it during press conferences, and to let him race with a black armband. The chair of the IOC left the meeting in tears when they were unable to find a compromise.
I'm not saying Heraskevych did the wrong thing by sticking to his guns. I respect his statements that dead friends matter more than medals. But while he did nothing wrong, neither did the IOC.
I fully support Ukraine in the war against Russia, but I actually agree with the IOC in this particular case. If they were to allow athletes to display overtly political expressions like this while competing then it's very likely the more unscrupulous countries (like Russia) would start forcing their athletes to spread their own political propaganda at the Olympics. So the IOC remaining neutral, not taking sides in international conflicts, and banning all forms of political expressions during the games is the right way to go, IMO.
In my opinion IOC is already overtly political, since it allowed to participate Russia, a country that tries to kill their neighbors (and known of cheating all the time everywhere possible). A country that kills children, kidnaps children, denies existence of another nation. That fact that IOC allowed such evil country to participate is a clear sign of IOC political point of view - $$. It cares only about money, fair play and honesty doesn't matter, being excellent doesn't matter, only money. It is sad that such entity which should be an example of honesty and fairness allows killers to participate. Such disgusting political expression towards people looking for fair play in this world - banning athlete from invaded country only for showing the truth.
Russia was not allowed to participate. Individual athletes from Russia were allowed to compete but without anything associated with Russia.
The IOC offered to let Heraskevych show the helmet before and after his races, to let him wear it during training, to let him show it during press conferences, and to let him race with a black armband. The chair of the IOC left the meeting in tears when they were unable to find a compromise.
I'm not saying Heraskevych did the wrong thing by sticking to his guns. I respect his statements that dead friends matter more than medals. But while he did nothing wrong, neither did the IOC.