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I mean post an article about how an Iranian athlete doesn’t compete with an Israeli one out of conscience and a very different set of morals and rules presents itself than when Poland doesn’t want to compete with Russia.

You got a loicense for that meme? You might be next

Wut?

China, Saudi, Israel, US, France etc.

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One that’s allowed in Australia if the war crimes are against non-white people

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Civilizations grow with time, otherwise we’d still have slavery in the US/Europe. It’s time for the Olympics to grow with the rest of society and stand up against a genocide and illegal occupation

The Olympics have always been about competing in sports despite any governmental conflict. That’s how it was in Ancient Greece, and that’s how it has continued to be.

Allowed to "compete" and cheat under a neutral flag.

You should read the article instead of defending all that is horrible.

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Agreed. It is a perfectly valid, within the scope of the games, reason to do it. They can make a clear statement that it has nothing to do with their invasion of Ukraine and put it all on the cheating.

The fact that it's been 11 months since then is absolutely crazy to me.

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Silence is violence.

Unfortunately the reality is that Olympic athletes are representatives of their countries, as much as they are competing for themselves. And especially in Russia. Yes, it would suck for a lot of people if they were completely banned. But that isn’t anyone’s fault but their own government. The IOC isn’t responsible for that.

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Holy shit. Strip them of citizenship for expressing an opinion!?!?

Edit: as a USA citizen who knows nothing about Australia, I’m very confused by the downvotes, is this common & accepted punishment for free speech down under?

Interesting account r/Captain_Smartass_

No it wouldn’t. Plenty of other jobs have been affected by the sanctions. What makes athletes special? They can run faster on a track than others, or throw a rock farther than others?

I’ll go ahead and emphatically disagree. Plenty of other jobs have been impacted in Russia due to sanctions. Being an athlete doesn’t make one special. They can deal with their country’s politics if they don’t like it.