After the death of athlete Androshchuk, tennis player Svitolina called for the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians from the Paris 2024 Games

The Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolinaformer world number 3 who has been off the court for almost a year after her pregnancy and subsequent maternity, with the French tennis player Gael Monfilspublished a message through his social networks in which he openly called for the veto of Russian and Belarusian athletes from Thursday

Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

And he did it with these words: “The Olympic Games are the greatest dream and the greatest privilege for athletes. They are the greatest platform for inclusion and diversity in sports, which capture the world’s attention. with this in mind, we should stick to the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, sending a strong message to the whole world, that we are united in sanctions imposed against Russia and Belarus and that there are consequences for the heinous acts of their governments; their lives cannot continue as normal and the world, even the Russians or Belarusians cannot ignore the atrocities they are committing in Ukraine.”

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A message that came after the death of young Ukrainian athlete Volodymyr Androshchuk, who lost his life at the front. “He will never fulfill his potential or his dreams at the games, so why should Russian and Belarusian athletes have a chance when their governments are stealing their chance from innocent people and athletes?” asked Svitolina, who bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.