Two prominent Ukrainian athletes told NBC News they would be willing to sacrifice their medal hopes rather than compete against Russians and Belarusians in Paris next year.
that it will allow its athletes to compete against “neutral” athletes from Russia and Belarus so long as they don’t break their neutrality or support the war.
The IOC’s final decision is still pending — leaving Ukrainian athletes like Onopriienko in limbo over whether they will be able to go to next year’s Games at all. Viktoriia Onopriienko's father Maksym, left, has served with the Ukrainian military since the Russian invasion in Feb. 2022.Zhan Beleniuk, Ukraine’s first Black member of parliament and the 2021 Olympic champion in wrestling, also can’t imagine competing against Russian or Belarusian opponents, let alone shaking their hands.
So like hundreds of his fellow athletes, he gets on with his training, hoping the IOC will make the decision his country wants.The issue has been a thorny one for the IOC, which has said no athletes should be discriminated against based on their passport and has accused Ukraine of improperly sanctioning its own athletes.conditions for its athletes to compete as neutrals.
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