(ANSA) – ROME, FEBRUARY 25 – The IOC executive committee “urges all International Sports Federations to transfer or cancel their sporting events currently scheduled in Russia or Belarus” and “give absolute priority to the safety and protection of athletes”.
In a note, the IOC today reiterated its “firm condemnation for the violation of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus through its support in this” and recalls that the Olympic Truce began seven days before the start of the Olympic Games, on February 4, 2022, and ends seven days after the close of the Paralympic Games.
Furthermore, the IOC executive committee “urges that no Russian or Belarusian national flags be displayed and no Russian or Belarusian anthem be played at international sporting events that are not already part of the respective World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions for Russia. At the same time, the executive committee of the IOC expresses its full support for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the next Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022 “. The IOC Executive Committee “expresses its deep concern for the safety of the members of the Olympic Community in Ukraine and is fully sympathetic. Notes that the IOC Special Task Force is in contact with the country’s Olympic Community to coordinate humanitarian assistance, where possible.
And he asks the task force to continue to closely monitor the situation and to keep the IOC executive informed and updated, including on potential amendments to today’s resolution “. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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