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Canada objected on Thursday to the International Olympic Committee loosening its suspension on Russian athletes.

The move, announced Tuesday, would apply to the 2028 games in Los Angeles, opening the door for Russian athletes to compete, but the IOC says it will decide later if they could do it with the Russian flag and anthem.

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"The countries of Russia and Belarus should not be represented in international sports competitions while Russia's illegal and unjustifiable full-scale invasion against Ukraine continues," the Secretary of Sport Adam van Koeverden, a former Olympian. wrote.

He added Canada will not let Russian athletes be part of any domestic sports events funded by Ottawa.

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[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Might as well join EuroVision then

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Oh no, Canada is sad about this, but fine with Israel

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Sometimes I wonder if the IOC gets jealous of FIFA's corruption coverage and just wants to get back into the news cycle game?

They played the Trump card. What can we do to raise them on that? Oh! Let Russia back into the Olympics!

[–] asg101@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Absolute two-faced hypocrisy. Where is the outrage over the Zionist entity's 80 year genocide and land theft against Palestine? Oh wait, Canada still funds THAT.

[–] iuvi@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

and USA war on Iran too