The head of the Olympic Games, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday that he shares the "

Ukrainian athletes, Bach said on the sidelines of the World Ski Championships, “know how much we share their grief, their human suffering and all the efforts we make to help them.”.

Bach added: "

The head of the IOC recalled the participation of Russian Kamilla Rakhimova and Belarusian athlete Arina Sobolenko in the Australian Open, performing under neutral flags.

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" We saw a neutral Belarusian tennis player who even won the Australian Open. So why can't it be possible in the pool or in the hall? "

Earlier, Bach sent a letter to the President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Vadim Gutzeit urging him to end the boycott of the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024..

It was also reported that about 40 countries would oppose the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus at the Olympics..