The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo opposed the admission of Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games, which should be held in the capital of France, while the Russian Federation continues the war against Ukraine. The Guardian writes about this, citing a statement by Hidalgo made on the air of France Info radio..

" I would consider it inappropriate. It is unthinkable that (Russian athletes - ed.. ) marched as if nothing had happened, so that the delegation would come to Paris, while bombs are still falling on Ukraine,"

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The publication noted that Hidalgo's last words demonstrate a change in her position regarding the participation of athletes from the Russian Federation in the Olympic Games.. Last month, the mayor thought that the Russians could participate in the competition under a neutral flag so as not to miss them.

Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wrote a letter to French leader Emmanuel Macron regarding the inadmissibility of admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris..

Subsequently, the Verkhovna Rada sent an appeal to the International Olympic Committee with a call to ban athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in competitions..

United Nations experts expressed support for the position of the IOC on the need to return Russians and Belarusians to world sport. At the same time, the International Olympic Committee explained that the decision on the admission of athletes from these two countries to the 2024 Olympics in Paris has not yet been made..