Most Russian athletes are not allowed to compete in Paris due to their country's war in Ukraine.
    • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      135·
      4 months ago

      I disagree with that sentiment. Sport should never be political. In 16 years, countries from the West might get excluded when China takes over as the next world power nation. I bet you wouldn’t like that, would you?

      Besides, sports can be the only necessary link between countries during such times. Additionally, if Russia participated, the broadcasting would have been drastically different and the opinion of the population would be too.

      It does no direct harm inviting the athletes to compete so we should just let them.

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        But. Sport has always been political. All this fluff about the beauty of sports is just for show. It’s all about soft power.

      • ZahtuEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        What Takes you to assume, that russia would Broadcast the olympics at all (or uncensored) even when russian athletes would be competing.

        In a ideal world, yes, politics should Not Play any part in Sports, nor in sciences. Hence it is, as we are not living in that world, so we would have to adjust accordingly.

        • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          4 months ago

          Not at all a response to my argument. They might or might not. My point is that sports shouldn’t be political.

          • ZahtuEnglish
            1·
            4 months ago

            Well, Sure, my Point is also still valid everything is political in this reality we live in

  • AwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    612·
    4 months ago

    “I thought the Olympic Games were about sport. No longer,” Russian MP Mariya Butina tells me.

    “It’s about politics, religion, everything. It’s very sad because the original idea of the Olympics was to create peace.”

    “But Russia has invaded Ukraine,” I point out. “That’s not ‘peace’, is it?”

    “Russia has been protecting its people,” Ms Butina responds, echoing the official line here that Russia’s war in Ukraine is all about self-defence.

    In reality, the Kremlin’s “special military operation” amounts to the invasion of a sovereign independent nation.

    Good to see the media not ‘both siding’ for once.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
      271·
      4 months ago

      They’re not banned for cheating (this time). They’re banned for invading Ukraine.

        • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          62·
          4 months ago

          Yeah, we Brits are grandfathered in on account of not aggressively invading anyone’s country (on our own) for at least 60 years by now. Possibly.

  • TheFrirish@jlai.luEnglish
    31·
    4 months ago

    And everyone even here on Lemmy is eating negative news like freshly baked croissants.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    You’re kidding, I don’t ever recall seeing the ruzzians at the games before.

    This must be a fun little mass hallucination from the great country of ruzzia. We never let shitheels play with us 🤷