The AFUO has launched an email campaign to urge the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to support Ukraine and reject moves to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as ‘neutral’ athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Go to this link to send your email: https://standwithukraine.good.do/ban-russian-athletes-olympics/help-AFUO-message-australian-olympic-committee/
The International Olympic Committee will be deciding the matter at a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland between 28-30 March 2023.
More than 30 countries – including Australia, America, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand – have signed a joint statement expressing serious concerns about the ‘neutrality’ model.
The AOC, however, has supported the IOC in its explorations.
Join the AFUO in calling for the AOC to support Ukraine and ban all Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Olympic Games.
Russian and Belarusian athletes are not ‘neutral’ – they are directly funded and supported by their states. Further, many Russian athletes, trainers and coaches are associated with the sport clubs of the Russian Army and state security agencies. At the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, 88% of the medals won by Russia were won by sportspeople with military or state security associations.
Russia uses sportspeople and their success to project an image to the world, just as Nazi Germany did.
To find out more how sports, state propaganda, and the army are indivisible in Russia, watch the video in this tweet by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
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