Latvia is considering boycotting next year’s Paris Olympics if athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus are allowed to participate. after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
While several European governments, including Latvia, have condemned pressure from the International Olympic Committee to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete, and Ukraine has threatened to boycott the Games, the response from the national Olympic committee sending teams was silenced.
“If the Olympic Games are held today and Russian and Belarusian athletes can participate in the Olympic Games, the Latvian team will not go to (this) competition”, said the president of the Olympic Committee, Latvian public television, on Latvian public television Žoržs Tikmersaccording to the Associated Press.
Source: La Verdad
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