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3catwoman3

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2. I said in another thread that because the IOC had banned...

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:49 PM

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…Russia and Belarus from participating (the former for the invasion of Ukraine and the latter for supporting it), I find it very hypocritical to deny a Ukrainian athlete the ability to make a statement supporting his invaded nation.

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