Star Ukrainian athletes Oleg Vernyaev, Yaroslav Maguchy and Mikhail Romanchuk believe that the Ukrainian team should perform at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, even if Russians and Belarusians are allowed there.
This was stated by the Olympic medalists in a comment to the VDOMA YouTube channel..
" To be honest, many military people ask when the competition will be.. Therefore, it seems to me that they are watching and rooting for us.. If the guys are fighting, this does not mean that we should sit at home and give all the medals to the Russians.
I think that we should also go out, fight on our sports front and win more medals. If we don’t go, then we “give back” and show that they “shod” us here too,” said the champion and silver medalist of Rio 2016 in gymnastics Oleg Vernyaev.
Tokyo 2020 high jump bronze medalist Yaroslava Maguchy also believes that athletes should ride and raise the flag of Ukraine at the Games:.
" And even those who were not very interested in sports turn on the TV once every four years and cheer for athletes from different countries..
Therefore, I think we should go to the Olympics to show results and raise the flag of our country.. But we must also do everything possible so that the International Olympic Committee does not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games."
Swimming Silver and Bronze Tokyo 2020 Mykhailo Romanchuk also shared a similar sentiment:.
" I believe that our athletes should fight. This should be additional motivation to gnaw and win. Athletes can leave the country, so we can tell Europe and the world what is happening in Ukraine.
I believe that we must compete and prove in the international arena that we are strong and will fight to the end, despite the conditions of training and life. We are a strong nation"
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may decide on the return of athletes from Russia and Belarus to world sports on March 28.
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Earlier, Ukraine and four other countries made a joint statement on the possible return of Russians and Belarusians to international sports..